Lafayette township, Floyd County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (58% naturalized citizens)
| Lafayette township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
68% of Lafayette township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3588
- Northeast: 107
- Midwest: 357
- South: 2121
- West: 81
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $88,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
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
15 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,169
- Two: 18
- Mobile homes: 68
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,200
Housing units in Lafayette township with a mortgage: 1,300 (160 second mortgage, 212 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 533
- Construction (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (13%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Top executives (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Air transportation workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lafayette township:
- German (35.8%)
- United States or American (16.3%)
- Irish (11.6%)
- English (10.5%)
- French (except Basque) (9.7%)
- Dutch (2.6%)
- Italian (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Ukraine (28%)
- Other Eastern Europe (24%)
- Germany (21%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (13%)
- Cuba (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,989 (88%)
- Carpooled: 187 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 22 (1%)
- Walked: 14 (0%)
- Other means: 30 (1%)
- Worked at home: 144 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (39%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Utility gas (24%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (2%)
15 people in religious group quarters
95.9% of residents of Lafayette township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 26% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,317- In family households: 5,814 (1,571 male householders, 287 female householders)
1,562 spouses, 2,119 children (1,978 natural, 44 adopted, 97 stepchildren), 94 grandchildren, 54 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 51 other relatives, 58 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 503 (194 male householders (138 living alone)), 184 female householders (163 living alone)), 125 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 21 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 722 2-persons, 417 3-persons, 471 4-persons, 193 5-persons, 46 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 301 1-person, 57 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 10 5-persons,
1,461 married couples with children.
200 single-parent households (61 men, 139 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 161
| Here: | 19.3% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 78
| Here: | 17.6% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 29
| Here: | 10.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |