New Durham township, LaPorte County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (75% naturalized citizens)
New Durham township: | 1.3% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
55% of New Durham township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2920
- Northeast: 149
- Midwest: 480
- South: 392
- West: 110
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $78,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,076
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 13
- 3 or 4: 32
- 5 to 9: 5
- 10 to 19: 31
- Mobile homes: 576
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,700
Housing units in New Durham township with a mortgage: 584 (60 second mortgage, 91 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 200
- Metal and metal products (22%)
- Construction (15%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Utilities (3%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in New Durham township:
- German (25.7%)
- Irish (14.2%)
- Polish (13.1%)
- English (8.5%)
- United States or American (7.6%)
- Italian (3.3%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (45%)
- Philippines (22%)
- Austria (11%)
- France (7%)
- Australia (7%)
- Panama (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,675 (82%)
- Carpooled: 228 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (0%)
- Railroad: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 28 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 86 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (79%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
96.9% of residents of New Durham township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,116- In family households: 3,450 (911 male householders, 209 female householders)
940 spouses, 1,154 children (1,042 natural, 15 adopted, 97 stepchildren), 63 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 27 parents, 27 other relatives, 99 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 666 (232 male householders (156 living alone)), 273 female householders (239 living alone)), 161 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 479 2-persons, 231 3-persons, 237 4-persons, 132 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 395 1-person, 79 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 12 4-persons,
732 married couples with children.
206 single-parent households (56 men, 150 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 27
Here: | 5.4% |
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: 28
Here: | 16.4% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |