Sugar Creek township, Vigo County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Sugar Creek township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Sugar Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6856
- Northeast: 62
- Midwest: 729
- South: 232
- West: 149
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $59,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Sugar Creek township, Indiana:
- 263 people in nursing homes
- 166 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,377
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 19
- 3 or 4: 13
- 5 to 9: 20
- 10 to 19: 5
- 50 or more: 137
- Mobile homes: 699
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,600
Housing units in Sugar Creek township with a mortgage: 968 (106 second mortgage, 118 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 687
- Construction (24%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sugar Creek township:
- United States or American (35.2%)
- German (15.4%)
- Irish (11.4%)
- English (9.4%)
- French (except Basque) (5.0%)
- Dutch (3.3%)
- Italian (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (20%)
- Vietnam (20%)
- Germany (17%)
- Japan (15%)
- Italy (10%)
- Jordan (10%)
- Dominican Republic (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,554 (78%)
- Carpooled: 438 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (0%)
- Bicycle: 16 (0%)
- Walked: 145 (4%)
- Other means: 24 (1%)
- Worked at home: 86 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Sugar Creek township, Indiana:
- 263 people in nursing homes
- 166 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
97.9% of residents of Sugar Creek township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (39% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 31% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English well, 44% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,686- In family households: 6,708 (1,652 male householders, 499 female householders)
1,696 spouses, 2,417 children (2,205 natural, 66 adopted, 146 stepchildren), 147 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 26 parents, 66 other relatives, 186 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 978 (387 male householders (334 living alone)), 481 female householders (441 living alone)), 110 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 432 (258 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 862 2-persons, 549 3-persons, 446 4-persons, 210 5-persons, 42 6-persons, 42 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 775 1-person, 76 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
1,351 married couples with children.
471 single-parent households (123 men, 348 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 1.9% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
| Here: | 3.7% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 172
| Here: | 52.3% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |