Oregon township, Starke County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (32% naturalized citizens)
Oregon township: | 2.2% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
66% of Oregon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2097
- Northeast: 44
- Midwest: 564
- South: 171
- West: 65
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
5 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,349
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 101
Median worth of mobile homes: $46,500
Housing units in Oregon township with a mortgage: 490 (42 second mortgage, 39 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 284
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Wood products (10%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Oregon township:
- German (21.8%)
- United States or American (18.1%)
- Irish (15.7%)
- Polish (9.1%)
- Italian (6.5%)
- French (except Basque) (3.6%)
- English (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (55%)
- Sweden (23%)
- Costa Rica (9%)
- Other Western Europe (7%)
- Italy (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,012 (79%)
- Carpooled: 218 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 47 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (78%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
5 people in nursing homes
94.4% of residents of Oregon township speak English at home.
4.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,011- In family households: 2,670 (747 male householders, 126 female householders)
728 spouses, 988 children (935 natural, 13 adopted, 40 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 12 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 341 (137 male householders (116 living alone)), 149 female householders (132 living alone)), 55 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 436 2-persons, 173 3-persons, 139 4-persons, 80 5-persons, 38 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 248 1-person, 33 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
547 married couples with children.
151 single-parent households (48 men, 103 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 30
Here: | 7.1% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
Here: | 5.5% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 32
Here: | 33.0% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |