Lincoln township, Newton County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (35% naturalized citizens)
Lincoln township: | 3.4% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Lincoln township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 24% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2712
- Northeast: 91
- Midwest: 974
- South: 310
- West: 54
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $129,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
85 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,287
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 22
- 20 to 49: 8
- Mobile homes: 196
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,100
Housing units in Lincoln township with a mortgage: 860 (114 second mortgage, 135 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 210
- Construction (19%)
- Metal and metal products (16%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Personal and laundry services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lincoln township:
- German (21.1%)
- United States or American (14.4%)
- Polish (10.0%)
- Irish (9.9%)
- English (6.5%)
- Dutch (6.1%)
- Italian (5.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (47%)
- Canada (13%)
- Yugoslavia (8%)
- Germany (6%)
- Korea (5%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
- Hungary (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,751 (83%)
- Carpooled: 269 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (1%)
- Walked: 37 (2%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 26 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (46%)
- Utility gas (45%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (1%)
85 people in nursing homes
93.0% of residents of Lincoln township speak English at home.
4.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,211- In family households: 3,970 (1,081 male householders, 159 female householders)
1,125 spouses, 1,391 children (1,240 natural, 36 adopted, 115 stepchildren), 76 grandchildren, 25 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 75 other relatives, 28 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 241 (113 male householders (101 living alone)), 97 female householders (78 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 86 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 477 2-persons, 268 3-persons, 320 4-persons, 110 5-persons, 35 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 179 1-person, 31 2-persons,
896 married couples with children.
151 single-parent households (47 men, 104 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
Here: | 2.4% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
Here: | 2.5% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
Here: | 8.6% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |