Michigan township, LaPorte County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 17.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 9.5 sq. mi.
Population: 29,326 (98% urban, 2% rural)
| Males: 15,100 |  (51.5%) |
| Females: 14,226 |  (48.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 26,883 (18,811 owner occupied, 8,072 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 30% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Michigan township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 70.5%
- Black: 23.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Asian: 0.5%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 3.0%
- Two or more races: 1.9%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 36.2
Median age of females: 38.2
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Average household size: 2.46
| Michigan township: | 2.5 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.03
Estimated median household income in 2013: ($46,875 in 1999)
Median contract rent in 2013: $574 (lower quartile is $323, upper quartile is $498)| Michigan township: | $46,506 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $574 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $125,200 (it was $92,300 in 2000)
| : | $125,200 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $161,563
Here: $161,563 State: $158,623
Townhouses or other attached units: $140,533
Here: $140,533 State: $143,204
In 2-unit structures: $74,291
Here: $74,291 State: $100,714
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $88,090
Here: $88,090 State: $108,190
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $171,344
Here: $171,344 State: $127,569
Mobile homes: $39,878
Here: $39,878 State: $33,934
| Population density: 1636 people per square mile | (very high). |
| This township: | 8.7% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 3.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Cities in this township include: Michigan City, Trail Creek, Long Beach, Michiana Shores, Pottawattamie Park.
85% of Michigan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 74
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 8
- South: 0
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.9%
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 Michigan township, Indiana:
- 2,171 people in state prisons
- 161 people in nursing homes
- 29 people in halfway houses
- 27 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 19 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 12 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 12 people in religious group quarters
- 8 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 4 people in military barracks, etc.
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 48
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Michigan township with a mortgage: 3 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Construction (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Michigan township:
- German (51.7%)
- English (13.8%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (10.3%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
- French (except Basque) (3.4%)
- Norwegian (3.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 26 (46%)
- Carpooled: 9 (16%)
- Worked at home: 21 (38%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Wood (17%)
- Utility gas (5%)
People in group quarters in Michigan township, Indiana:
- 2,171 people in state prisons
- 161 people in nursing homes
- 29 people in halfway houses
- 27 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 19 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 12 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 12 people in religious group quarters
- 8 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 4 people in military barracks, etc.
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 92- In family households: 78 (26 male householders, 2 female householders)
26 spouses, 24 children (16 natural, 0 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 14 (9 male householders (7 living alone)), 4 female householders (4 living alone)), 1 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 11 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 4 4-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 11 1-person, 2 2-persons,
3,726 married couples with children.
2,455 single-parent households (470 men, 1,985 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |