Tippecanoe township, Carroll County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Tippecanoe township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
66% of Tippecanoe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1812
- Northeast: 27
- Midwest: 148
- South: 130
- West: 45
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
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
6 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 831
- Two: 27
- Mobile homes: 190
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,900
Housing units in Tippecanoe township with a mortgage: 421 (44 second mortgage, 67 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 186
- Metal and metal products (18%)
- Construction (17%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (11%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Bus drivers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Tippecanoe township:
- United States or American (31.8%)
- German (24.9%)
- English (10.0%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- Dutch (6.7%)
- Scottish (1.8%)
- Norwegian (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 927 (81%)
- Carpooled: 147 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 12 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 42 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (53%)
- Utility gas (31%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
6 people in other nonhousehold living situations
98.5% of residents of Tippecanoe township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 44% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,187- In family households: 1,983 (573 male householders, 130 female householders)
644 spouses, 573 children (534 natural, 27 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 17 other relatives, 31 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 204 (133 male householders (126 living alone)), 63 female householders (63 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 395 2-persons, 146 3-persons, 118 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 189 1-person, 7 2-persons,
406 married couples with children.
112 single-parent households (40 men, 72 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
| Here: | 20.3% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |