Coolspring township, LaPorte County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (24% naturalized citizens)
| Coolspring township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
60% of Coolspring township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 834
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 109
- South: 24
- West: 21
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Coolspring township, Indiana:
- 224 people in nursing homes
- 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 377
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 18
- 3 or 4: 17
- 5 to 9: 9
- 10 to 19: 13
- 20 to 49: 2
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Coolspring township with a mortgage: 161 (10 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 129
- Construction (13%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Coolspring township:
- Swedish (37.1%)
- German (15.3%)
- United States or American (13.1%)
- English (9.4%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- Belgian (3.9%)
- Scottish (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Sweden (71%)
- Philippines (18%)
- Nicaragua (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 389 (80%)
- Carpooled: 56 (11%)
- Walked: 17 (3%)
- Worked at home: 26 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
People in group quarters in Coolspring township, Indiana:
- 224 people in nursing homes
- 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.0% of residents of Coolspring township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (52% speak English very well, 48% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,010- In family households: 857 (248 male householders, 50 female householders)
266 spouses, 262 children (234 natural, 7 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 9 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 153 (54 male householders (46 living alone)), 86 female householders (81 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 154 2-persons, 60 3-persons, 61 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 127 1-person, 10 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
2,204 married couples with children.
1,076 single-parent households (177 men, 899 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.6% |
| 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: 3
| Here: | 11.1% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |