Grant township, DeKalb County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (27% naturalized citizens)
| Grant township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
57% of Grant township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2420
- Northeast: 29
- Midwest: 438
- South: 137
- West: 46
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 867
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 35
- 3 or 4: 68
- 5 to 9: 29
- 10 to 19: 22
- 20 to 49: 22
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 167
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Grant township with a mortgage: 499 (30 second mortgage, 52 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 181
- Metal and metal products (20%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Construction (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Wood products (3%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Health care (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Construction (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grant township:
- German (39.4%)
- United States or American (19.2%)
- English (7.0%)
- Irish (6.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.7%)
- Italian (2.7%)
- Dutch (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (60%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Canada (10%)
- Germany (7%)
- El Salvador (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,303 (85%)
- Carpooled: 149 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 1 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 14 (1%)
- Other means: 20 (1%)
- Worked at home: 39 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
97.9% of residents of Grant township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 27% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,108- In family households: 2,776 (727 male householders, 136 female householders)
694 spouses, 1,013 children (931 natural, 13 adopted, 69 stepchildren), 84 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 28 other relatives, 77 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 332 (133 male householders (103 living alone)), 137 female householders (124 living alone)), 62 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 326 2-persons, 193 3-persons, 201 4-persons, 83 5-persons, 50 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 227 1-person, 32 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
623 married couples with children.
201 single-parent households (64 men, 137 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 1.7% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 3.6% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
| Here: | 9.5% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |