Union township, St. Joseph County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
69% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2740
- Northeast: 42
- Midwest: 276
- South: 150
- West: 37
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $48,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,200
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 53
- 5 to 9: 19
- 10 to 19: 7
- 20 to 49: 4
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $85,000
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 438 (49 second mortgage, 68 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 275
- Construction (15%)
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (36.3%)
- Irish (15.7%)
- Polish (9.6%)
- United States or American (7.9%)
- English (7.6%)
- Belgian (2.9%)
- Italian (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (57%)
- United Kingdom (43%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,473 (85%)
- Carpooled: 156 (9%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 9 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 8 (0%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 71 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (58%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Wood (5%)
98.8% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,271- In family households: 2,938 (791 male householders, 148 female householders)
831 spouses, 983 children (867 natural, 50 adopted, 66 stepchildren), 56 grandchildren, 26 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 36 other relatives, 56 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 333 (167 male householders (138 living alone)), 132 female householders (125 living alone)), 34 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 433 2-persons, 180 3-persons, 173 4-persons, 112 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 29 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 263 1-person, 34 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
635 married couples with children.
130 single-parent households (39 men, 91 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 64
| Here: | 14.9% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 25
| Here: | 11.7% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |