Dewey township, LaPorte County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (50% naturalized citizens)
Dewey township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
78% of Dewey township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 720
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 114
- South: 67
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 361
- 3 or 4: 8
- Mobile homes: 33
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,500
Housing units in Dewey township with a mortgage: 160 (18 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 108
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (17%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dewey township:
- German (43.8%)
- Irish (12.8%)
- English (8.7%)
- Polish (7.6%)
- Dutch (6.0%)
- United States or American (4.4%)
- French (except Basque) (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (50%)
- Canada (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 393 (85%)
- Carpooled: 38 (8%)
- Other means: 7 (2%)
- Worked at home: 24 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Wood (2%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
98.3% of residents of Dewey township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 921- In family households: 804 (230 male householders, 31 female householders)
240 spouses, 280 children (268 natural, 3 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 2 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 117 (45 male householders (34 living alone)), 55 female householders (50 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 141 2-persons, 33 3-persons, 60 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 84 1-person, 14 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
178 married couples with children.
32 single-parent households (9 men, 23 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
Here: | 6.1% |
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: 2
Here: | 5.4% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |