Prairie township, LaPorte County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Prairie township: | 1.1% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
68% of Prairie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 184
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 22
- South: 9
- West: 3
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 81
- Mobile homes: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Prairie township with a mortgage: 22 (0 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9
- Construction (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Radio, TV, and computer stores (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Public administration (22%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (17%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Electricians (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (20%)
- Woodworkers (17%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Life, physical, and social science technicians (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Prairie township:
- German (50.0%)
- Polish (18.1%)
- United States or American (9.0%)
- Scottish (6.6%)
- English (3.6%)
- Swedish (3.6%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 97 (85%)
- Carpooled: 9 (8%)
- Other means: 2 (2%)
- Worked at home: 6 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (83%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (2%)
97.5% of residents of Prairie township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 220- In family households: 197 (48 male householders, 7 female householders)
49 spouses, 76 children (67 natural, 2 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 23 (9 male householders (6 living alone)), 10 female householders (10 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 20 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 16 1-person, 3 2-persons,
38 married couples with children.
6 single-parent households (2 men, 4 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here: | 13.3% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 14.3% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |