Luce township, Spencer County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Luce township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
71% of Luce township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1713
- Northeast: 33
- Midwest: 183
- South: 604
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 866
- One, attached: 25
- Mobile homes: 245
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 38
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,900
Housing units in Luce township with a mortgage: 352 (33 second mortgage, 44 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 235
- Metal and metal products (16%)
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Luce township:
- German (31.1%)
- United States or American (25.3%)
- Irish (14.5%)
- English (9.5%)
- French (except Basque) (3.2%)
- Polish (0.9%)
- Italian (0.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (75%)
- Germany (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,001 (88%)
- Carpooled: 71 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 55 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Wood (1%)
97.9% of residents of Luce township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,597- In family households: 2,248 (677 male householders, 81 female householders)
592 spouses, 793 children (630 natural, 39 adopted, 124 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 21 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 14 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 349 (161 male householders (136 living alone)), 134 female householders (115 living alone)), 54 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 356 2-persons, 148 3-persons, 179 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 20 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 251 1-person, 40 2-persons, 4 5-persons,
472 married couples with children.
134 single-parent households (69 men, 65 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 31
| Here: | 11.2% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 3.1% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |