Winfield township, Lake County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (48% naturalized citizens)
| Winfield township: | 5.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
59% of Winfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 33% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4073
- Northeast: 242
- Midwest: 1681
- South: 348
- West: 88
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $158,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
166 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,137
- One, attached: 151
- Two: 16
- 3 or 4: 18
- Mobile homes: 5
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 17
Median worth of mobile homes: $112,500
Housing units in Winfield township with a mortgage: 1,624 (210 second mortgage, 124 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 296
- Construction (16%)
- Metal and metal products (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Construction (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Electricians (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (14%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Winfield township:
- German (21.7%)
- Irish (11.5%)
- Polish (11.1%)
- Italian (7.1%)
- English (6.1%)
- United States or American (5.2%)
- Slovak (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Europe (24%)
- Canada (20%)
- Taiwan (8%)
- Greece (7%)
- Mexico (6%)
- Germany (6%)
- Yugoslavia (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,994 (86%)
- Carpooled: 338 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Railroad: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 135 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (89%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
166 people in nursing homes
90.5% of residents of Winfield township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
6.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (73% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,712- In family households: 6,357 (1,639 male householders, 291 female householders)
1,694 spouses, 2,467 children (2,239 natural, 100 adopted, 128 stepchildren), 95 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 69 parents, 26 other relatives, 72 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 355 (173 male householders (154 living alone)), 129 female householders (106 living alone)), 53 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 166 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 611 2-persons, 489 3-persons, 490 4-persons, 244 5-persons, 61 6-persons, 35 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 260 1-person, 36 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
1,715 married couples with children.
181 single-parent households (43 men, 138 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 90
| Here: | 9.9% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 21
| Here: | 4.5% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 32
| Here: | 10.9% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |