East Galena township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (76% naturalized citizens)
| East Galena township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
56% of East Galena township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 610
- Northeast: 38
- Midwest: 537
- South: 20
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $118,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
15 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 664
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 21
- 3 or 4: 34
- 5 to 9: 8
- 10 to 19: 6
- Mobile homes: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,200
Housing units in East Galena township with a mortgage: 239 (40 second mortgage, 43 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 96
- Construction (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (24%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Galena township:
- German (43.6%)
- Irish (18.0%)
- Italian (4.6%)
- French (except Basque) (4.4%)
- English (4.0%)
- United States or American (3.8%)
- Swedish (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- France (38%)
- Russia (38%)
- Israel (24%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 484 (66%)
- Carpooled: 127 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (1%)
- Walked: 66 (9%)
- Worked at home: 44 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (49%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Wood (2%)
15 people in homes for the mentally ill
97.9% of residents of East Galena township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (38% speak English very well, 62% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,220- In family households: 1,110 (323 male householders, 64 female householders)
345 spouses, 343 children (315 natural, 20 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 5 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 110 (50 male householders (45 living alone)), 46 female householders (39 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 18 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 255 2-persons, 25 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 47 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 84 1-person, 12 2-persons,
238 married couples with children.
32 single-parent households (8 men, 24 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 38
| Here: | 21.5% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 16.3% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 66.7% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |