Jackson township, Porter County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Jackson township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
70% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% 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: 2850
- Northeast: 243
- Midwest: 1140
- South: 269
- West: 65
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $275,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
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
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,579
- One, attached: 8
- Mobile homes: 38
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,000
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 989 (151 second mortgage, 182 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 269
- Metal and metal products (30%)
- Construction (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- German (19.8%)
- Irish (18.3%)
- English (9.2%)
- Polish (8.2%)
- United States or American (7.1%)
- Italian (5.5%)
- Slovak (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (47%)
- Canada (23%)
- Romania (19%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,028 (88%)
- Carpooled: 117 (5%)
- Railroad: 41 (2%)
- Walked: 24 (1%)
- Other means: 23 (1%)
- Worked at home: 73 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (92%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Electricity (1%)
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
95.5% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,656- In family households: 4,390 (1,204 male householders, 144 female householders)
1,263 spouses, 1,605 children (1,541 natural, 0 adopted, 64 stepchildren), 43 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 13 other relatives, 108 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 266 (113 male householders (103 living alone)), 105 female householders (79 living alone)), 48 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 525 2-persons, 297 3-persons, 328 4-persons, 141 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 35 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 182 1-person, 26 2-persons, 10 3-persons,
1,140 married couples with children.
88 single-parent households (31 men, 57 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 51
| Here: | 8.8% |
| 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: 19
| Here: | 8.6% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |