Olive township, Elkhart County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (63% naturalized citizens)
| Olive township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
65% of Olive township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% 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: 2339
- Northeast: 50
- Midwest: 252
- South: 115
- West: 45
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
123 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 883
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 39
- 3 or 4: 13
- 5 to 9: 14
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 73
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,200
Housing units in Olive township with a mortgage: 430 (40 second mortgage, 61 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 205
- Transportation equipment (21%)
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Olive township:
- German (42.9%)
- United States or American (24.4%)
- Swiss (7.3%)
- Irish (4.5%)
- English (2.8%)
- Dutch (2.2%)
- Italian (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Laos (37%)
- Philippines (13%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Canada (11%)
- Germany (9%)
- Netherlands (7%)
- Romania (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,222 (81%)
- Carpooled: 140 (9%)
- Bicycle: 27 (2%)
- Walked: 43 (3%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 70 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (84%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
123 people in nursing homes
85.4% of residents of Olive township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
12.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (51% speak English very well, 45% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,737- In family households: 2,480 (663 male householders, 92 female householders)
704 spouses, 977 children (885 natural, 49 adopted, 43 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 2 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 257 (76 male householders (69 living alone)), 155 female householders (142 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 122 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 317 2-persons, 133 3-persons, 208 4-persons, 56 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 211 1-person, 19 2-persons, 1 4-persons,
662 married couples with children.
96 single-parent households (18 men, 78 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 58
| Here: | 14.3% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 18
| Here: | 12.9% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 20.5% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |