Lincoln township, LaPorte County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (77% naturalized citizens)
| Lincoln township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
72% of Lincoln township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% 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: 1179
- Northeast: 47
- Midwest: 419
- South: 137
- West: 17
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: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 927
- Two: 17
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Lincoln township with a mortgage: 355 (34 second mortgage, 32 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 222
- Construction (16%)
- Metal and metal products (15%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Health care (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (16%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lincoln township:
- German (37.2%)
- Irish (16.4%)
- Polish (8.6%)
- English (5.7%)
- United States or American (4.5%)
- Italian (3.9%)
- Scottish (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (29%)
- France (26%)
- Germany (23%)
- Other Eastern Europe (23%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 750 (84%)
- Carpooled: 109 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 16 (2%)
- Worked at home: 13 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (79%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (3%)
- Electricity (2%)
96.3% of residents of Lincoln township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 47% speak English well).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,834- In family households: 1,692 (504 male householders, 93 female householders)
508 spouses, 481 children (423 natural, 9 adopted, 49 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 30 parents, 7 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 142 (68 male householders (56 living alone)), 62 female householders (62 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 287 2-persons, 165 3-persons, 120 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 17 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 118 1-person, 12 2-persons,
321 married couples with children.
65 single-parent households (24 men, 41 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 30
| Here: | 15.8% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
| Here: | 9.4% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |