Locke township, Elkhart County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (27% naturalized citizens)
| Locke township: | 3.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
56% of Locke township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3110
- Northeast: 84
- Midwest: 471
- South: 339
- West: 111
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
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
38 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 939
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 118
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 33
- 10 to 19: 41
- 50 or more: 21
- Mobile homes: 314
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,800
Housing units in Locke township with a mortgage: 464 (36 second mortgage, 82 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 186
- Transportation equipment (32%)
- Construction (9%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (3%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Transportation equipment (21%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Health care (9%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Locke township:
- German (34.7%)
- United States or American (19.3%)
- Swiss (9.1%)
- Irish (4.9%)
- English (4.8%)
- Pennsylvania German (1.7%)
- French (except Basque) (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (80%)
- El Salvador (7%)
- Other South America (7%)
- Germany (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,548 (72%)
- Carpooled: 369 (17%)
- Bicycle: 81 (4%)
- Walked: 51 (2%)
- Other means: 35 (2%)
- Worked at home: 79 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (79%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (4%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
38 people in nursing homes
76.0% of residents of Locke township speak English at home.
7.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (29% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 19% don't speak English at all).
16.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,264- In family households: 3,862 (919 male householders, 183 female householders)
883 spouses, 1,579 children (1,495 natural, 43 adopted, 41 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 62 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 73 other relatives, 119 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 402 (190 male householders (138 living alone)), 132 female householders (122 living alone)), 80 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 38 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 387 2-persons, 220 3-persons, 224 4-persons, 156 5-persons, 57 6-persons, 58 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 260 1-person, 43 2-persons, 19 3-persons,
1,118 married couples with children.
233 single-parent households (83 men, 150 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 117
| Here: | 18.5% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 2.8% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 21
| Here: | 38.2% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |