Centre township, St. Joseph County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (20% naturalized citizens)
Centre township: | 0.0% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
79% of Centre township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 550
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 46
- South: 6
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Centre township, Indiana:
- 46 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 25 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 265
- One, attached: 5
- 20 to 49: 3
- Mobile homes: 29
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $70,000
Housing units in Centre township with a mortgage: 104 (14 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 28
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (23%)
- Construction (12%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Computer and electronic products (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (21%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Centre township:
- German (50.6%)
- Irish (13.7%)
- English (5.7%)
- Norwegian (3.7%)
- United States or American (3.6%)
- Czech (3.0%)
- European (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (60%)
- Canada (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 270 (72%)
- Carpooled: 47 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 17 (5%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 32 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (50%)
- Utility gas (40%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Wood (2%)
People in group quarters in Centre township, Indiana:
- 46 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 25 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
97.0% of residents of Centre township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 623- In family households: 563 (159 male householders, 12 female householders)
159 spouses, 198 children (189 natural, 3 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 7 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 60 (31 male householders (24 living alone)), 15 female householders (11 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 72 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 43 4-persons, 5 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 35 1-person, 10 2-persons, 1 4-persons,
2,805 married couples with children.
477 single-parent households (113 men, 364 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
Here: | 9.5% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
Here: | 5.7% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
Here: | 40.0% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |