St. Joseph township, Allen County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (54% naturalized citizens)
St. Joseph township: | 3.5% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
54% of St. Joseph township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 44957
- Northeast: 2878
- Midwest: 11753
- South: 4425
- West: 1837
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $103,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in St. Joseph township, Indiana:
- 702 people in nursing homes
- 401 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 343 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 107 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 33 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 7 people in religious group quarters
- 5 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 19,270
- One, attached: 883
- Two: 297
- 3 or 4: 1,096
- 5 to 9: 1,887
- 10 to 19: 1,867
- 20 to 49: 1,181
- 50 or more: 1,011
- Mobile homes: 949
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,300
Housing units in St. Joseph township with a mortgage: 13,771 (1,459 second mortgage, 1,669 home equity loan, 17 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,258
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Construction (8%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in St. Joseph township:
- German (36.7%)
- United States or American (9.8%)
- English (9.2%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- French (except Basque) (3.4%)
- Italian (3.0%)
- Polish (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (9%)
- Germany (9%)
- India (8%)
- Mexico (7%)
- Vietnam (5%)
- Korea (5%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 30,561 (86%)
- Carpooled: 3,198 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 162 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 40 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 4 (0%)
- Railroad: 14 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 23 (0%)
- Bicycle: 12 (0%)
- Walked: 360 (1%)
- Other means: 103 (0%)
- Worked at home: 901 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in St. Joseph township, Indiana:
- 702 people in nursing homes
- 401 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 343 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 107 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 33 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 7 people in religious group quarters
- 5 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
94.5% of residents of St. Joseph township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (56% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 66,856- In family households: 56,506 (15,190 male householders, 3,085 female householders)
15,595 spouses, 20,306 children (18,464 natural, 610 adopted, 1,232 stepchildren), 595 grandchildren, 312 brothers or sisters, 213 parents, 283 other relatives, 927 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 10,350 (3,751 male householders (2,933 living alone)), 4,994 female householders (4,415 living alone)), 1,605 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,756 (859 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 8,040 2-persons, 4,002 3-persons, 3,805 4-persons, 1,681 5-persons, 553 6-persons, 194 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 7,348 1-person, 1,188 2-persons, 156 3-persons, 47 4-persons, 6 5-persons,
13,614 married couples with children.
3,106 single-parent households (638 men, 2,468 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2,356
Here: | 29.3% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 878
Here: | 23.0% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 832
Here: | 20.5% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |