Jefferson township, Elkhart County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (22% naturalized citizens)
| Jefferson township: | 2.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
51% of Jefferson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 44% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4570
- Northeast: 285
- Midwest: 929
- South: 387
- West: 147
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,834
- One, attached: 32
- Two: 43
- 5 to 9: 18
- Mobile homes: 343
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,600
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 1,202 (66 second mortgage, 295 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 265
- Transportation equipment (21%)
- Construction (10%)
- Wood products (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Health care (12%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- German (29.4%)
- United States or American (17.2%)
- English (9.0%)
- Irish (6.4%)
- Italian (5.2%)
- Dutch (3.9%)
- Swedish (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Cambodia (29%)
- Thailand (27%)
- Korea (15%)
- Canada (10%)
- Mexico (6%)
- Poland (6%)
- Indonesia (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,932 (82%)
- Carpooled: 372 (10%)
- Walked: 45 (1%)
- Other means: 25 (1%)
- Worked at home: 195 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (85%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
92.2% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (32% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 32% speak English not well, 17% don't speak English at all).
4.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
2.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (81% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,545- In family households: 6,180 (1,633 male householders, 211 female householders)
1,669 spouses, 2,451 children (2,203 natural, 83 adopted, 165 stepchildren), 72 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 35 other relatives, 76 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 365 (185 male householders (147 living alone)), 120 female householders (97 living alone)), 60 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 672 2-persons, 397 3-persons, 468 4-persons, 206 5-persons, 63 6-persons, 38 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 244 1-person, 58 2-persons, 3 4-persons,
1,753 married couples with children.
230 single-parent households (85 men, 145 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 102
| Here: | 10.7% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 41
| Here: | 11.8% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 28
| Here: | 15.8% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |