Cass township, LaPorte County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (31% naturalized citizens)
| Cass township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
69% of Cass township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1312
- Northeast: 39
- Midwest: 173
- South: 94
- West: 21
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $156,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 625
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 9
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $57,500
Housing units in Cass township with a mortgage: 287 (22 second mortgage, 40 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 147
- Construction (21%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Public administration (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Personal appearance workers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cass township:
- German (39.1%)
- Irish (11.2%)
- United States or American (8.5%)
- English (8.4%)
- Polish (8.1%)
- Dutch (3.2%)
- Italian (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (54%)
- Austria (15%)
- Russia (15%)
- Other South Central Asia (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 709 (83%)
- Carpooled: 63 (7%)
- Subway or elevated: 1 (0%)
- Railroad: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 29 (3%)
- Worked at home: 45 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (2%)
96.5% of residents of Cass township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,654- In family households: 1,472 (408 male householders, 56 female householders)
409 spouses, 534 children (453 natural, 27 adopted, 54 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 4 other relatives, 29 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 182 (76 male householders (52 living alone)), 68 female householders (66 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 206 2-persons, 94 3-persons, 99 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 118 1-person, 21 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
328 married couples with children.
50 single-parent households (20 men, 30 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 4.7% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 26.4% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |