Pleasant township, Porter County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Pleasant township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Pleasant township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% 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: 2796
- Northeast: 61
- Midwest: 609
- South: 200
- West: 50
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $133,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Pleasant township, Indiana:
- 48 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,279
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 17
- 3 or 4: 47
- 5 to 9: 4
- 10 to 19: 19
- Mobile homes: 35
Median worth of mobile homes: $85,000
Housing units in Pleasant township with a mortgage: 698 (35 second mortgage, 99 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 315
- Metal and metal products (21%)
- Construction (20%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pleasant township:
- German (37.9%)
- Irish (11.0%)
- United States or American (9.4%)
- English (8.8%)
- Polish (7.3%)
- Dutch (4.2%)
- French (except Basque) (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Europe (63%)
- Brazil (13%)
- Mexico (9%)
- Yugoslavia (6%)
- Pakistan (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,656 (88%)
- Carpooled: 149 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Railroad: 1 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 26 (1%)
- Other means: 9 (0%)
- Worked at home: 38 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Pleasant township, Indiana:
- 48 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.6% of residents of Pleasant township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,697- In family households: 3,340 (905 male householders, 140 female householders)
926 spouses, 1,213 children (1,108 natural, 49 adopted, 56 stepchildren), 67 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 36 other relatives, 44 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 357 (152 male householders (134 living alone)), 144 female householders (121 living alone)), 61 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 62 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 433 2-persons, 240 3-persons, 246 4-persons, 85 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 255 1-person, 35 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 4 6-persons,
818 married couples with children.
127 single-parent households (32 men, 95 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
| Here: | 4.1% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 4.8% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
| Here: | 18.8% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |