Lake township, Newton County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (67% naturalized citizens)
Lake township: | 1.1% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
68% of Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 86% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1489
- Northeast: 57
- Midwest: 631
- South: 184
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 839
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 13
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 51
Median worth of mobile homes: $126,900
Housing units in Lake township with a mortgage: 409 (27 second mortgage, 36 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 161
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Repair and maintenance (9%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lake township:
- German (20.5%)
- Polish (13.7%)
- Irish (11.4%)
- United States or American (9.5%)
- English (6.7%)
- Dutch (3.6%)
- French (except Basque) (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (33%)
- Panama (26%)
- Poland (22%)
- Germany (19%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 948 (87%)
- Carpooled: 95 (9%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 35 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (47%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (2%)
97.8% of residents of Lake township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,411- In family households: 2,132 (549 male householders, 103 female householders)
539 spouses, 783 children (687 natural, 16 adopted, 80 stepchildren), 38 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 39 other relatives, 58 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 279 (83 male householders (55 living alone)), 129 female householders (108 living alone)), 67 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 237 2-persons, 150 3-persons, 122 4-persons, 87 5-persons, 33 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 163 1-person, 39 2-persons, 10 3-persons,
524 married couples with children.
93 single-parent households (31 men, 62 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
Here: | 4.2% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
Here: | 10.5% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |