Kankakee township, LaPorte County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (83% naturalized citizens)
| Kankakee township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
54% of Kankakee township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3306
- Northeast: 134
- Midwest: 487
- South: 284
- West: 63
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
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: 1,286
- One, attached: 32
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 24
- 5 to 9: 9
- Mobile homes: 272
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,800
Housing units in Kankakee township with a mortgage: 638 (41 second mortgage, 43 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 353
- Metal and metal products (20%)
- Construction (8%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Construction (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Kankakee township:
- German (34.1%)
- Polish (13.7%)
- United States or American (12.5%)
- Irish (9.0%)
- English (5.7%)
- Dutch (4.5%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (42%)
- Pakistan (22%)
- Germany (19%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,795 (87%)
- Carpooled: 165 (8%)
- Walked: 33 (2%)
- Worked at home: 68 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (82%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (1%)
96.7% of residents of Kankakee township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,324- In family households: 3,891 (1,017 male householders, 173 female householders)
1,017 spouses, 1,409 children (1,245 natural, 31 adopted, 133 stepchildren), 125 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 24 parents, 50 other relatives, 63 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 433 (184 male householders (130 living alone)), 168 female householders (152 living alone)), 81 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 516 2-persons, 255 3-persons, 222 4-persons, 96 5-persons, 69 6-persons, 32 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 282 1-person, 59 2-persons, 11 3-persons,
896 married couples with children.
190 single-parent households (48 men, 142 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 68
| Here: | 12.2% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 19
| Here: | 8.6% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
| Here: | 9.8% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |