Porter township, Porter County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (60% naturalized citizens)
| Porter township: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
66% of Porter township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5011
- Northeast: 396
- Midwest: 2108
- South: 491
- West: 81
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,922
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 85
- Mobile homes: 35
Median worth of mobile homes: $103,600
Housing units in Porter township with a mortgage: 1,755 (247 second mortgage, 221 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 646
- Metal and metal products (21%)
- Construction (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Utilities (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Personal appearance workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Porter township:
- German (25.2%)
- Irish (9.9%)
- Polish (7.1%)
- English (7.1%)
- United States or American (6.3%)
- Italian (5.2%)
- Dutch (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (27%)
- Germany (12%)
- Hong Kong (11%)
- Japan (11%)
- Guyana (10%)
- Other Eastern Europe (8%)
- Mexico (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,850 (89%)
- Carpooled: 287 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 9 (0%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 165 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (92%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Wood (1%)
95.1% of residents of Porter township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (15% speak English very well, 56% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,459- In family households: 7,970 (2,306 male householders, 237 female householders)
2,345 spouses, 2,744 children (2,512 natural, 63 adopted, 169 stepchildren), 112 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 73 parents, 58 other relatives, 86 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 489 (191 male householders (153 living alone)), 232 female householders (219 living alone)), 66 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 1,064 2-persons, 527 3-persons, 590 4-persons, 232 5-persons, 120 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 372 1-person, 32 2-persons, 19 3-persons,
1,835 married couples with children.
208 single-parent households (65 men, 143 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 97
| Here: | 9.2% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 51
| Here: | 8.0% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 45
| Here: | 13.5% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |