Harris township, St. Joseph County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (34% naturalized citizens)
| Harris township: | 5.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
55% of Harris township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 25% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 11495
- Northeast: 1426
- Midwest: 4176
- South: 1182
- West: 481
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $69,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,741
- Two: 22
- 3 or 4: 61
- 5 to 9: 256
- 10 to 19: 262
- 20 to 49: 477
- 50 or more: 213
- Mobile homes: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $129,700
Housing units in Harris township with a mortgage: 4,669 (527 second mortgage, 877 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 620
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Construction (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (3%)
- Business operations specialists (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harris township:
- German (23.6%)
- Irish (13.6%)
- Polish (9.6%)
- English (6.9%)
- Italian (5.7%)
- United States or American (5.4%)
- Hungarian (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (14%)
- Korea (11%)
- India (10%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (10%)
- Taiwan (8%)
- Japan (6%)
- Other Northern Europe (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 9,508 (91%)
- Carpooled: 627 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 51 (0%)
- Other means: 15 (0%)
- Worked at home: 284 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (92%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
92.6% of residents of Harris township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
3.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
2.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (51% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 19,896- In family households: 18,332 (4,840 male householders, 669 female householders)
5,032 spouses, 7,333 children (6,852 natural, 163 adopted, 318 stepchildren), 62 grandchildren, 47 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 158 other relatives, 185 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,564 (684 male householders (492 living alone)), 551 female householders (446 living alone)), 329 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 1,768 2-persons, 1,201 3-persons, 1,567 4-persons, 731 5-persons, 206 6-persons, 36 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 938 1-person, 281 2-persons, 16 3-persons,
5,885 married couples with children.
514 single-parent households (126 men, 388 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 388
| Here: | 12.4% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 204
| Here: | 13.6% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 165
| Here: | 23.8% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |