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Green Garden township, Will County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)

Green Garden township:

2.0%
Whole state:

12.3%

59% of Green Garden township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 22% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Illinois.

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

  • This state: 2191
  • Northeast: 31
  • Midwest: 162
  • South: 68
  • West: 55

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $187,500


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%

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

  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Green Garden township, IL map Green Garden township, Illinois satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Housing units in Green Garden township with a mortgage: 409 (18 second mortgage, 122 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 159

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 45
  • 1995 to 1998: 208
  • 1990 to 1994: 192
  • 1980 to 1989: 79
  • 1970 to 1979: 196
  • 1960 to 1969: 9
  • 1950 to 1959: 11
  • 1940 to 1949: 7
  • 1939 or earlier: 105

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Green Garden township, Illinois:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 21
  • 4 rooms: 19
  • 5 rooms: 60
  • 6 rooms: 141
  • 7 rooms: 189
  • 8 rooms: 216
  • 9 or more rooms: 119

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Green Garden township, Illinois:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 0
  • 4 rooms: 0
  • 5 rooms: 35
  • 6 rooms: 14
  • 7 rooms: 0
  • 8 rooms: 7
  • 9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Green Garden township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 0
  • 2 bedrooms: 50
  • 3 bedrooms: 390
  • 4 bedrooms: 266
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 59

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Green Garden township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 0
  • 2 bedrooms: 11
  • 3 bedrooms: 45
  • 4 bedrooms: 0
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Green Garden township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 11
  • 1 vehicle: 69
  • 2 vehicles: 374
  • 3 vehicles: 226
  • 4 vehicles: 47
  • 5 or more vehicles: 38

Cars and other vehicles available in Green Garden township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 11
  • 2 vehicles: 45
  • 3 vehicles: 0
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (21%)
  • Repair and maintenance (10%)
  • Truck transportation (6%)
  • Metal and metal products (5%)
  • Educational services (4%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Educational services (14%)
  • Finance and insurance (13%)
  • Health care (9%)
  • Construction (9%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
  • Repair and maintenance (6%)
  • Personal and laundry services (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (15%)
  • Carpenters (8%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (15%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Other financial specialists (4%)
  • Registered nurses (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Green Garden township:

  • Irish (27.3%)
  • German (25.6%)
  • Polish (11.9%)
  • Italian (9.4%)
  • Dutch (3.9%)
  • United States or American (3.5%)
  • Swedish (3.0%)

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

  • Greece (60%)
  • Other Eastern Europe (30%)
  • Yugoslavia (10%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (51%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
  • Electricity (4%)
  • Wood (1%)

8 people in homes for the mentally retarded

92.7% of residents of Green Garden township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
5.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 2,555

Size of family households: 261 2-persons, 98 3-persons, 215 4-persons, 100 5-persons, 40 6-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 56 1-person, 36 2-persons, 11 3-persons,

631 married couples with children.
41 single-parent households (15 men, 26 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 24
Here:

7.3%
Illinois:

13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 26
Here:

21.0%
Illinois:

11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 21
Here:

27.6%
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 (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Green Garden township:

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