Plain township, Kosciusko County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (16% naturalized citizens)
| Plain township: | 4.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
53% of Plain township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5010
- Northeast: 244
- Midwest: 994
- South: 528
- West: 193
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $113,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,171
- One, attached: 24
- Two: 52
- 3 or 4: 33
- Mobile homes: 789
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,800
Housing units in Plain township with a mortgage: 1,134 (134 second mortgage, 117 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 423
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (16%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Health care (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Plain township:
- German (28.4%)
- United States or American (20.0%)
- English (7.8%)
- Irish (7.3%)
- Polish (3.4%)
- Dutch (2.8%)
- Norwegian (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (79%)
- India (7%)
- Japan (5%)
- Cambodia (4%)
- Other Eastern Africa (2%)
- United Kingdom (2%)
- Germany (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,014 (83%)
- Carpooled: 406 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Ferryboat: 19 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 33 (1%)
- Other means: 45 (1%)
- Worked at home: 111 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (82%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
90.6% of residents of Plain township speak English at home.
7.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (36% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (39% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,278- In family households: 6,556 (1,779 male householders, 326 female householders)
1,778 spouses, 2,237 children (2,018 natural, 71 adopted, 148 stepchildren), 118 grandchildren, 28 brothers or sisters, 27 parents, 74 other relatives, 189 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 722 (293 male householders (227 living alone)), 260 female householders (214 living alone)), 169 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 14 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 895 2-persons, 467 3-persons, 444 4-persons, 177 5-persons, 99 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 441 1-person, 85 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 7 5-persons,
1,549 married couples with children.
351 single-parent households (121 men, 230 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 90
| Here: | 10.8% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 24
| Here: | 5.5% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 44
| Here: | 23.5% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |