Lincoln township, St. Joseph County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (74% naturalized citizens)
Lincoln township: | 1.8% |
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, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2338
- Northeast: 43
- Midwest: 402
- South: 85
- West: 81
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $50,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
108 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 946
- One, attached: 41
- Two: 71
- 3 or 4: 57
- 5 to 9: 14
- 10 to 19: 19
- 50 or more: 4
Housing units in Lincoln township with a mortgage: 451 (59 second mortgage, 86 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 186
- Construction (16%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lincoln township:
- German (30.3%)
- Irish (15.5%)
- Polish (8.9%)
- United States or American (8.9%)
- English (6.0%)
- Italian (3.3%)
- Dutch (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Honduras (76%)
- Korea (17%)
- Austria (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,113 (76%)
- Carpooled: 199 (14%)
- Walked: 75 (5%)
- Other means: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 58 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (85%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Wood (1%)
108 people in nursing homes
93.6% of residents of Lincoln township speak English at home.
4.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,955- In family households: 2,588 (548 male householders, 234 female householders)
597 spouses, 1,024 children (958 natural, 7 adopted, 59 stepchildren), 44 grandchildren, 33 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 45 other relatives, 52 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 367 (159 male householders (121 living alone)), 150 female householders (139 living alone)), 58 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 108 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 311 2-persons, 161 3-persons, 167 4-persons, 85 5-persons, 50 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 260 1-person, 39 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 4 4-persons,
574 married couples with children.
207 single-parent households (52 men, 155 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26
Here: | 6.1% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18
Here: | 17.5% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |