Lost Creek township, Vigo County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (41% naturalized citizens)
| Lost Creek township: | 3.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
53% of Lost Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6407
- Northeast: 483
- Midwest: 1616
- South: 819
- West: 364
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $88,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Lost Creek township, Indiana:
- 907 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 15 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 11 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 8 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,753
- One, attached: 68
- Two: 57
- 3 or 4: 144
- 5 to 9: 490
- 10 to 19: 78
- 20 to 49: 17
- 50 or more: 33
- Mobile homes: 329
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,300
Housing units in Lost Creek township with a mortgage: 1,650 (125 second mortgage, 226 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 642
- Educational services (16%)
- Construction (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (25%)
- Health care (18%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Music stores (3%)
- Postsecondary teachers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lost Creek township:
- German (27.7%)
- United States or American (15.7%)
- English (13.2%)
- Irish (9.5%)
- Italian (4.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
- Polish (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (16%)
- Syria (10%)
- Canada (9%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Iran (7%)
- Germany (6%)
- France (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,010 (81%)
- Carpooled: 430 (9%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 263 (5%)
- Other means: 49 (1%)
- Worked at home: 169 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (49%)
- Electricity (43%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
People in group quarters in Lost Creek township, Indiana:
- 907 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 15 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 11 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 8 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.4% of residents of Lost Creek township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,107- In family households: 7,670 (2,210 male householders, 376 female householders)
2,232 spouses, 2,639 children (2,400 natural, 131 adopted, 108 stepchildren), 82 grandchildren, 24 brothers or sisters, 28 parents, 38 other relatives, 41 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,437 (546 male householders (421 living alone)), 625 female householders (542 living alone)), 266 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 941 (27 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,225 2-persons, 546 3-persons, 495 4-persons, 199 5-persons, 111 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 963 1-person, 167 2-persons, 37 3-persons, 2 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
1,711 married couples with children.
334 single-parent households (110 men, 224 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 99
| Here: | 9.8% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 38
| Here: | 6.7% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,048
| Here: | 72.5% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |