Clay township, LaGrange County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (45% naturalized citizens)
Clay township: | 2.1% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
72% of Clay township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 34% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2398
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 456
- South: 75
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 621
- One, attached: 75
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 4
- 5 to 9: 18
- 10 to 19: 9
- 20 to 49: 12
- Mobile homes: 53
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,800
Housing units in Clay township with a mortgage: 176 (14 second mortgage, 36 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 188
- Transportation equipment (19%)
- Construction (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Wood products (14%)
- Food (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Apparel (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Carpenters (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Woodworkers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (11%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Clay township:
- German (24.7%)
- Swiss (18.3%)
- United States or American (17.5%)
- Pennsylvania German (15.7%)
- English (4.6%)
- Dutch (3.8%)
- Irish (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (79%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Vietnam (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 519 (45%)
- Carpooled: 340 (29%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 21 (2%)
- Walked: 46 (4%)
- Other means: 90 (8%)
- Worked at home: 146 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (42%)
- Coal or coke (19%)
- Wood (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Electricity (5%)
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
37.6% of residents of Clay township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (12% speak English well, 37% speak English not well, 51% don't speak English at all).
59.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (41% speak English very well, 48% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,009- In family households: 2,870 (572 male householders, 67 female householders)
570 spouses, 1,589 children (1,492 natural, 49 adopted, 48 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 28 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 7 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 139 (42 male householders (42 living alone)), 91 female householders (83 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 206 2-persons, 119 3-persons, 62 4-persons, 57 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 166 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 125 1-person, 8 2-persons,
1,058 married couples with children.
69 single-parent households (13 men, 56 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 230
Here: | 43.1% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
Here: | 12.1% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |