California township, Starke County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (40% naturalized citizens)
California township: | 4.3% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
60% of California township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1259
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 492
- South: 233
- West: 39
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,048
- One, attached: 29
- 3 or 4: 23
- 10 to 19: 8
- Mobile homes: 250
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,800
Housing units in California township with a mortgage: 287 (25 second mortgage, 27 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 137
- Construction (19%)
- Plastics and rubber products (11%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Construction laborers (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in California township:
- German (30.5%)
- Polish (13.7%)
- United States or American (13.6%)
- Irish (11.4%)
- English (2.7%)
- Italian (2.6%)
- Czech (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (38%)
- Mexico (23%)
- Poland (21%)
- India (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 834 (81%)
- Carpooled: 162 (16%)
- Walked: 5 (0%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 16 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Wood (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Electricity (3%)
93.5% of residents of California township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (22% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 26% don't speak English at all).
3.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (45% speak English very well, 47% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,132- In family households: 1,913 (539 male householders, 67 female householders)
505 spouses, 619 children (582 natural, 18 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 33 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 27 parents, 40 other relatives, 74 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 219 (102 male householders (93 living alone)), 104 female householders (98 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 260 2-persons, 138 3-persons, 100 4-persons, 74 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 191 1-person, 15 2-persons,
402 married couples with children.
89 single-parent households (26 men, 63 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
Here: | 10.3% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 26
Here: | 12.4% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
Here: | 27.3% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |