Essex township, Kankakee County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Essex township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
60% of Essex township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 20% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1165
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 59
- South: 33
- West: 72
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 380
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 200
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,300
Housing units in Essex township with a mortgage: 172 (33 second mortgage, 34 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 98
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (12%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Petroleum and coal products (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Plant and system operators (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Essex township:
- German (26.4%)
- Irish (14.7%)
- Italian (11.8%)
- English (11.1%)
- Swedish (5.2%)
- French (except Basque) (4.5%)
- United States or American (4.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (63%)
- Italy (38%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 460 (78%)
- Carpooled: 74 (13%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 18 (3%)
- Worked at home: 33 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (41%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (1%)
98.1% of residents of Essex township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,344- In family households: 1,229 (345 male householders, 52 female householders)
334 spouses, 428 children (410 natural, 0 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 5 other relatives, 35 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 115 (39 male householders (22 living alone)), 49 female householders (39 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 170 2-persons, 96 3-persons, 72 4-persons, 48 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 61 1-person, 27 2-persons,
263 married couples with children.
57 single-parent households (29 men, 28 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 4.5% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
| Here: | 45.9% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |