Bourbonnais township, Kankakee County, Illinois (IL)

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Land area: 42.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.4 sq. mi.
Population: 33,061 (96% urban, 4% rural)

Males: 15,859	(48.0%)
Females: 17,202	(52.0%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 31,365 (22,983 owner occupied, 8,382 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	27%
State:	33%

Races in Bourbonnais township:

White Non-Hispanic: 91.7%
Black: 2.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
Asian: 1.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 2.9%
Two or more races: 1.0%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 33.7
Median age of females: 35.0

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Average household size: 2.53

Bourbonnais township:	2.5 people
Illinois:	2.6 people

Average family size: 3.04

Estimated median household income in 2007: $49,688 ($44,458 in 1999)

This township:	$49,688
Illinois:	$54,123

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $638 (lower quartile is $512, upper quartile is $787)

Here:	$638
State:	$669

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $145,220 (it was $99,800 in 2000)

Bourbonnais township:	$145,220
Illinois:	$208,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $104,218 - $209,853

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $180,173
Here: $180,173
State: $269,211

Townhouses or other attached units: $147,284
Here: $147,284
State: $258,887

In 2-unit structures: $113,169
Here: $113,169
State: $320,810

Mobile homes: $28,826
Here: $28,826
State: $35,670

Population density: 784 people per square mile

(high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	7.5%
Whole state:	10.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	3.0%
Whole state:	5.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 902 (60% naturalized citizens)

Bourbonnais township:	2.7%
State:	12.3%

53% of Bourbonnais township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Illinois.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 25803
Northeast: 748
Midwest: 3164
South: 1725
West: 591

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $96,300

Bourbonnais township, Illinois satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
Gay men: 0.1% of all households

People in group quarters in Bourbonnais township, Illinois

1088 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
393 people in nursing homes
139 people in other nonhousehold living situations
32 people in homes for the mentally retarded
28 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
11 people in homes for the mentally ill
5 people in religious group quarters

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 8,314
One, attached: 553
Two: 511
3 or 4: 781
5 to 9: 1,073
10 to 19: 436
20 to 49: 9
50 or more: 31
Mobile homes: 1,118

Median worth of mobile homes: $26,100

Housing units in Bourbonnais township with a mortgage: 5,192 (581 second mortgage, 813 home equity loan, 16 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,960

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 309
1995 to 1998: 1,232
1990 to 1994: 1,282
1980 to 1989: 1,368
1970 to 1979: 3,255
1960 to 1969: 1,769
1950 to 1959: 1,820
1940 to 1949: 772
1939 or earlier: 1,019

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Bourbonnais township, Illinois:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 27 3 rooms: 137 4 rooms: 845 5 rooms: 2,224 6 rooms: 2,235 7 rooms: 1,510 8 rooms: 992 9 or more rooms: 595

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bourbonnais township, Illinois:
	1 room: 27 2 rooms: 176 3 rooms: 534 4 rooms: 1,772 5 rooms: 831 6 rooms: 290 7 rooms: 93 8 rooms: 64 9 or more rooms: 15

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Bourbonnais township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 210 2 bedrooms: 1,464 3 bedrooms: 5,257 4 bedrooms: 1,462 5 or more bedrooms: 172

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bourbonnais township:
	no bedroom: 90 1 bedroom: 666 2 bedrooms: 2,384 3 bedrooms: 597 4 bedrooms: 45 5 or more bedrooms: 20

Cars and other vehicles available in Bourbonnais township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 245 1 vehicle: 2,534 2 vehicles: 4,336 3 vehicles: 1,108 4 vehicles: 246 5 or more vehicles: 96

Cars and other vehicles available in Bourbonnais township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 284 1 vehicle: 2,246 2 vehicles: 1,023 3 vehicles: 212 4 vehicles: 37 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (11%)
Educational services (7%)
Chemicals (6%)
Health care (5%)
Metal and metal products (4%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)
Public administration (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (20%)
Educational services (14%)
Finance and insurance (9%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
Social assistance (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (3%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Registered nurses (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Cashiers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Bourbonnais township:

German (23.0%)
Irish (12.4%)
French (except Basque) (11.9%)
United States or American (7.1%)
English (6.7%)
Italian (5.7%)
Polish (4.9%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

India (16%)
Mexico (16%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (10%)
Philippines (6%)
Germany (6%)
Korea (6%)
Canada (5%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 13,875 (83%)
Carpooled: 1,726 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 64 (0%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 8 (0%)
Railroad: 70 (0%)
Taxi: 9 (0%)
Motorcycle: 21 (0%)
Bicycle: 36 (0%)
Walked: 523 (3%)
Other means: 17 (0%)
Worked at home: 393 (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (86%) Electricity (13%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

People in group quarters in Bourbonnais township, Illinois

1088 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
393 people in nursing homes
139 people in other nonhousehold living situations
32 people in homes for the mentally retarded
28 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
11 people in homes for the mentally ill
5 people in religious group quarters

94.9% of residents of Bourbonnais township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (84% speak English very well, 16% don't speak English at all).

Household type by relationship

Households: 31,348

In family households: 26,818 (6,821 male householders, 1,825 female householders)
6,862 spouses, 9,890 children (9,145 natural, 234 adopted, 511 stepchildren), 364 grandchildren, 163 brothers or sisters, 109 parents, 233 other relatives, 551 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 4,530 (1,497 male householders (1,130 living alone)), 2,218 female householders (1,976 living alone)), 815 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,689 (386 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,643 2-persons, 1,988 3-persons, 1,878 4-persons, 785 5-persons, 250 6-persons, 102 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,106 1-person, 488 2-persons, 89 3-persons, 19 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons.

6,113 married couples with children.
1,881 single-parent households (466 men, 1,415 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 569

Here:	14.2%
Illinois:	13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 175

Here:	10.1%
Illinois:	11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,312

Here:	56.7%
Illinois:	25.8%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Bourbonnais township:

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