St. John township, Lake County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (63% naturalized citizens)
| St. John township: | 6.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
60% of St. John township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 11% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 27059
- Northeast: 1193
- Midwest: 18694
- South: 2400
- West: 750
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $164,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in St. John township, Indiana:
- 772 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 294 people in nursing homes
- 37 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 37 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 34 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 34 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 32 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 22 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 15 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 10 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 13,945
- One, attached: 2,445
- Two: 329
- 3 or 4: 723
- 5 to 9: 508
- 10 to 19: 1,122
- 20 to 49: 572
- 50 or more: 81
- Mobile homes: 26
Median worth of mobile homes: $126,400
Housing units in St. John township with a mortgage: 11,815 (1,102 second mortgage, 1,644 home equity loan, 30 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,990
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in St. John township:
- German (18.4%)
- Polish (17.0%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- Italian (7.1%)
- Dutch (5.6%)
- English (4.5%)
- United States or American (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Yugoslavia (15%)
- Other Eastern Europe (15%)
- Mexico (11%)
- India (7%)
- Poland (6%)
- Philippines (6%)
- Greece (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 23,680 (83%)
- Carpooled: 2,419 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 263 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 36 (0%)
- Railroad: 660 (2%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
- Bicycle: 20 (0%)
- Walked: 359 (1%)
- Other means: 194 (1%)
- Worked at home: 741 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (89%)
- Electricity (10%)
People in group quarters in St. John township, Indiana:
- 772 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 294 people in nursing homes
- 37 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 37 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 34 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 34 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 32 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 22 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 15 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 10 people in other group homes
88.7% of residents of St. John township speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
6.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (83% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 52,414- In family households: 47,115 (12,927 male householders, 1,852 female householders)
13,143 spouses, 17,260 children (15,956 natural, 431 adopted, 873 stepchildren), 401 grandchildren, 199 brothers or sisters, 358 parents, 499 other relatives, 476 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 5,299 (1,879 male householders (1,464 living alone)), 2,548 female householders (2,237 living alone)), 872 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,253 (354 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 5,840 2-persons, 3,342 3-persons, 3,440 4-persons, 1,504 5-persons, 492 6-persons, 161 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,701 1-person, 617 2-persons, 79 3-persons, 30 4-persons,
11,290 married couples with children.
1,527 single-parent households (395 men, 1,132 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,172
| Here: | 18.3% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 565
| Here: | 17.8% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,110
| Here: | 33.7% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |