Lafayette township, Allen County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (92% naturalized citizens)
| Lafayette township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Lafayette township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2040
- Northeast: 67
- Midwest: 287
- South: 198
- West: 79
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 824
- Mobile homes: 254
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,500
Housing units in Lafayette township with a mortgage: 443 (70 second mortgage, 41 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 121
- Construction (16%)
- Transportation equipment (15%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (15%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lafayette township:
- German (42.4%)
- United States or American (15.6%)
- English (7.2%)
- Irish (5.7%)
- French (except Basque) (5.6%)
- Polish (3.4%)
- Italian (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (56%)
- United Kingdom (28%)
- Vietnam (8%)
- Brazil (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,333 (88%)
- Carpooled: 156 (10%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 29 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Solar energy (1%)
96.5% of residents of Lafayette township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,707- In family households: 2,450 (723 male householders, 84 female householders)
715 spouses, 869 children (796 natural, 18 adopted, 55 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 8 other relatives, 34 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 257 (146 male householders (116 living alone)), 73 female householders (69 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 354 2-persons, 190 3-persons, 171 4-persons, 70 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 185 1-person, 29 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
568 married couples with children.
108 single-parent households (38 men, 70 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 65
| Here: | 16.5% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 32
| Here: | 14.4% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 16.4% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |