Prairie township, Kosciusko County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (54% naturalized citizens)
| Prairie township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
56% of Prairie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1131
- Northeast: 28
- Midwest: 181
- South: 93
- West: 36
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $52,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
10 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 530
- Two: 14
- Mobile homes: 65
Median worth of mobile homes: $61,300
Housing units in Prairie township with a mortgage: 232 (32 second mortgage, 45 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 118
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (12%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Printing and related support activities (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Prairie township:
- German (27.0%)
- United States or American (18.9%)
- English (6.9%)
- Irish (5.6%)
- Polish (5.6%)
- Dutch (5.0%)
- Swiss (4.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (54%)
- Honduras (46%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 676 (85%)
- Carpooled: 95 (12%)
- Bicycle: 6 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 12 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (49%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Wood (5%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
10 people in other group homes
90.4% of residents of Prairie township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (35% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 35% speak English not well).
8.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,483- In family households: 1,282 (368 male householders, 45 female householders)
348 spouses, 456 children (385 natural, 10 adopted, 61 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 16 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 201 (83 male householders (63 living alone)), 74 female householders (64 living alone)), 44 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 10 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 190 2-persons, 63 3-persons, 78 4-persons, 54 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 127 1-person, 26 2-persons, 4 5-persons,
370 married couples with children.
48 single-parent households (10 men, 38 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 68
| Here: | 34.3% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
| Here: | 12.5% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |