North township, Lake County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 9 (50% naturalized citizens)
| North township: | 8.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
63% of North township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 13% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 95521
- Northeast: 2378
- Midwest: 35547
- South: 13278
- West: 2201
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in North township, Indiana:
- 566 people in nursing homes
- 295 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 31 people in other group homes
- 22 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 20 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 12 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 8 people in religious group quarters
- 6 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 6 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 42,759
- One, attached: 2,879
- Two: 6,037
- 3 or 4: 5,190
- 5 to 9: 4,210
- 10 to 19: 2,738
- 20 to 49: 2,162
- 50 or more: 1,604
- Mobile homes: 398
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in North township with a mortgage: 23,685 (2,453 second mortgage, 2,229 home equity loan, 112 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 13,085
- Metal and metal products (14%)
- Construction (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (3%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in North township:
- Polish (12.2%)
- German (10.3%)
- Irish (7.1%)
- United States or American (3.7%)
- Italian (3.6%)
- English (3.5%)
- Slovak (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (62%)
- Poland (4%)
- Yugoslavia (4%)
- India (3%)
- Germany (3%)
- Korea (2%)
- Philippines (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 53,871 (79%)
- Carpooled: 7,773 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 501 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 11 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 216 (0%)
- Railroad: 2,006 (3%)
- Taxi: 118 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 29 (0%)
- Bicycle: 169 (0%)
- Walked: 1,965 (3%)
- Other means: 356 (1%)
- Worked at home: 1,336 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (90%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in North township, Indiana:
- 566 people in nursing homes
- 295 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 31 people in other group homes
- 22 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 20 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 12 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 8 people in religious group quarters
- 6 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 6 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
77.7% of residents of North township speak English at home.
17.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
4.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (55% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 164,692- In family households: 141,137 (30,642 male householders, 12,462 female householders)
30,297 spouses, 54,558 children (50,912 natural, 963 adopted, 2,683 stepchildren), 4,460 grandchildren, 1,660 brothers or sisters, 1,187 parents, 2,594 other relatives, 3,277 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 23,555 (9,388 male householders (7,772 living alone)), 11,004 female householders (10,099 living alone)), 3,163 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 964 (568 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 16,653 2-persons, 10,181 3-persons, 8,673 4-persons, 4,553 5-persons, 1,940 6-persons, 1,104 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 17,871 1-person, 2,194 2-persons, 228 3-persons, 63 4-persons, 32 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
25,777 married couples with children.
13,242 single-parent households (2,245 men, 10,997 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2,549
| Here: | 13.0% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1,009
| Here: | 10.1% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,237
| Here: | 17.7% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |