Ela township, Lake County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 8 (56% naturalized citizens)
| Ela township: | 8.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
63% of Ela 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, 68% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 26067
- Northeast: 2282
- Midwest: 4816
- South: 1754
- West: 1342
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $323,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Ela township, Illinois:
- 356 people in nursing homes
- 90 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 30 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 9 people in religious group quarters
- 3 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 12,029
- One, attached: 258
- Two: 79
- 3 or 4: 54
- 5 to 9: 113
- 10 to 19: 29
- 20 to 49: 49
- 50 or more: 79
- Mobile homes: 45
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,300
Housing units in Ela township with a mortgage: 9,653 (902 second mortgage, 1,649 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,562
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Construction (10%)
- Computer and electronic products (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (2%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Health care (8%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (10%)
- Top executives (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ela township:
- German (22.3%)
- Polish (12.1%)
- Irish (11.7%)
- Italian (10.0%)
- English (5.4%)
- United States or American (5.1%)
- Swedish (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (17%)
- Poland (15%)
- Germany (8%)
- India (7%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
- Korea (5%)
- Italy (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 16,073 (83%)
- Carpooled: 932 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 31 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 8 (0%)
- Railroad: 869 (4%)
- Taxi: 1 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 20 (0%)
- Bicycle: 11 (0%)
- Walked: 163 (1%)
- Other means: 124 (1%)
- Worked at home: 1,138 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (97%)
- Electricity (3%)
People in group quarters in Ela township, Illinois:
- 356 people in nursing homes
- 90 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 30 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 9 people in religious group quarters
- 3 people in other nonhousehold living situations
87.1% of residents of Ela township speak English at home.
4.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
6.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 39,200- In family households: 37,303 (9,398 male householders, 1,515 female householders)
10,311 spouses, 14,916 children (14,044 natural, 431 adopted, 441 stepchildren), 163 grandchildren, 122 brothers or sisters, 181 parents, 400 other relatives, 297 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,897 (919 male householders (683 living alone)), 600 female householders (508 living alone)), 378 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 488 (405 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,384 2-persons, 2,394 3-persons, 3,161 4-persons, 1,432 5-persons, 390 6-persons, 152 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,191 1-person, 282 2-persons, 35 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 4 5-persons,
11,667 married couples with children.
974 single-parent households (226 men, 748 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,041
| Here: | 16.2% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 253
| Here: | 9.6% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 263
| Here: | 21.5% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |