Lancaster township, Huntington County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Lancaster township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
55% of Lancaster township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 92% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1036
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 102
- South: 39
- West: 9
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 417
- One, attached: 2
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 43
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,400
Housing units in Lancaster township with a mortgage: 206 (17 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 53
- Construction (14%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (14%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Gasoline stations (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Cashiers (13%)
- Child care workers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lancaster township:
- United States or American (35.4%)
- German (30.7%)
- English (7.7%)
- Irish (6.0%)
- Dutch (4.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (75%)
- Japan (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 523 (85%)
- Carpooled: 28 (5%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 54 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (53%)
- Electricity (31%)
- Utility gas (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
96.2% of residents of Lancaster township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,201- In family households: 1,079 (318 male householders, 27 female householders)
292 spouses, 395 children (335 natural, 0 adopted, 60 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 9 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 122 (70 male householders (55 living alone)), 37 female householders (37 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 136 2-persons, 62 3-persons, 89 4-persons, 51 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 92 1-person, 15 2-persons,
284 married couples with children.
39 single-parent households (12 men, 27 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 5.8% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 21.9% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 31.3% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |