Westchester township, Porter County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (57% naturalized citizens)
| Westchester township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
55% of Westchester township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10838
- Northeast: 1035
- Midwest: 4211
- South: 1099
- West: 446
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $88,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Westchester township, Indiana:
- 149 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 89 people in nursing homes
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,178
- One, attached: 331
- Two: 473
- 3 or 4: 313
- 5 to 9: 284
- 10 to 19: 297
- 20 to 49: 55
- 50 or more: 76
- Mobile homes: 460
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,800
Housing units in Westchester township with a mortgage: 3,267 (337 second mortgage, 477 home equity loan, 24 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,154
- Metal and metal products (23%)
- Construction (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Westchester township:
- German (19.9%)
- Irish (14.4%)
- English (8.9%)
- Polish (8.5%)
- United States or American (6.1%)
- Swedish (4.9%)
- Italian (4.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (19%)
- United Kingdom (16%)
- India (14%)
- Germany (9%)
- Philippines (8%)
- Poland (5%)
- Italy (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,746 (85%)
- Carpooled: 635 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 61 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 8 (0%)
- Railroad: 258 (3%)
- Motorcycle: 21 (0%)
- Bicycle: 16 (0%)
- Walked: 152 (2%)
- Other means: 34 (0%)
- Worked at home: 206 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (92%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Westchester township, Indiana:
- 149 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 89 people in nursing homes
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
94.9% of residents of Westchester township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 17,888- In family households: 15,388 (3,901 male householders, 1,056 female householders)
3,904 spouses, 5,641 children (5,115 natural, 217 adopted, 309 stepchildren), 171 grandchildren, 61 brothers or sisters, 110 parents, 186 other relatives, 358 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,500 (935 male householders (713 living alone)), 1,120 female householders (1,002 living alone)), 445 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 245 (52 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,080 2-persons, 1,138 3-persons, 1,101 4-persons, 458 5-persons, 114 6-persons, 66 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,715 1-person, 305 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 4 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
3,564 married couples with children.
935 single-parent households (237 men, 698 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 210
| Here: | 10.3% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 53
| Here: | 4.6% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 275
| Here: | 37.4% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |