Hobart township, Lake County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (54% naturalized citizens)
| Hobart township: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Hobart township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 27337
- Northeast: 960
- Midwest: 5571
- South: 3375
- West: 613
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $97,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Hobart township, Indiana:
- 312 people in nursing homes
- 15 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 8 people in other group homes
- 2 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 12,769
- One, attached: 287
- Two: 282
- 3 or 4: 422
- 5 to 9: 397
- 10 to 19: 329
- 20 to 49: 234
- 50 or more: 62
- Mobile homes: 1,049
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Hobart township with a mortgage: 7,515 (957 second mortgage, 895 home equity loan, 27 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,309
- Metal and metal products (22%)
- Construction (13%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hobart township:
- German (17.0%)
- Irish (11.0%)
- Polish (8.6%)
- United States or American (8.1%)
- English (6.7%)
- Italian (5.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (38%)
- Other Eastern Europe (7%)
- Greece (6%)
- Yugoslavia (5%)
- Germany (4%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
- Philippines (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 15,192 (86%)
- Carpooled: 1,605 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 36 (0%)
- Railroad: 154 (1%)
- Taxi: 17 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 12 (0%)
- Bicycle: 23 (0%)
- Walked: 189 (1%)
- Other means: 153 (1%)
- Worked at home: 252 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (92%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Hobart township, Indiana:
- 312 people in nursing homes
- 15 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 8 people in other group homes
- 2 people in homes for the mentally retarded
89.3% of residents of Hobart township speak English at home.
6.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
3.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 39,326- In family households: 33,924 (8,168 male householders, 2,445 female householders)
7,955 spouses, 12,330 children (11,045 natural, 327 adopted, 958 stepchildren), 850 grandchildren, 331 brothers or sisters, 251 parents, 604 other relatives, 990 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 5,402 (2,005 male householders (1,542 living alone)), 2,453 female householders (2,149 living alone)), 944 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 339 (291 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,191 2-persons, 2,613 3-persons, 2,105 4-persons, 1,113 5-persons, 394 6-persons, 197 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,691 1-person, 671 2-persons, 45 3-persons, 33 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 11 6-persons,
6,621 married couples with children.
2,195 single-parent households (612 men, 1,583 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 413
| Here: | 9.1% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 93
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 204
| Here: | 13.7% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |