West Creek township, Lake County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (78% naturalized citizens)
| West Creek township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
68% of West Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 31% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3265
- Northeast: 47
- Midwest: 1271
- South: 256
- West: 40
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $116,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
9 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,665
- One, attached: 57
- Two: 60
- 3 or 4: 24
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 45
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in West Creek township with a mortgage: 828 (80 second mortgage, 103 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 434
- Construction (21%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Construction (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Creek township:
- German (35.5%)
- English (9.4%)
- Irish (9.3%)
- Polish (9.0%)
- United States or American (6.7%)
- Dutch (5.8%)
- Italian (5.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (21%)
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Germany (12%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (9%)
- Austria (8%)
- Other Western Europe (8%)
- Portugal (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,116 (86%)
- Carpooled: 204 (8%)
- Walked: 41 (2%)
- Other means: 15 (1%)
- Worked at home: 73 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (1%)
9 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
97.2% of residents of West Creek township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,972- In family households: 4,562 (1,259 male householders, 153 female householders)
1,283 spouses, 1,652 children (1,523 natural, 57 adopted, 72 stepchildren), 103 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 23 parents, 19 other relatives, 51 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 410 (186 male householders (155 living alone)), 156 female householders (140 living alone)), 68 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 9 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 558 2-persons, 314 3-persons, 318 4-persons, 143 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 54 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 295 1-person, 38 2-persons, 3 4-persons, 6 5-persons,
1,074 married couples with children.
183 single-parent households (55 men, 128 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 94
| Here: | 15.3% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 32
| Here: | 10.5% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 32
| Here: | 21.3% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |