La Salle township, La Salle County, Illinois (IL)

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La Salle township, IL map Land area: 16.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.7 sq. mi.
Population: 13,744 (93% urban, 7% rural)

Males: 6,805	(49.5%)
Females: 6,939	(50.5%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 13,560 (9,661 owner occupied, 3,899 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	29%
State:	33%

Races in La Salle township:

White Non-Hispanic: 91.0%
Black: 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
Asian: 0.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 6.7%
Two or more races: 0.7%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 38.8
Median age of females: 40.0

Average houshold size: 2.29
Average family size: 2.95

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Population density: 814 people per square mile

(very high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	13.8%
Whole state:	10.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	6.3%
Whole state:	5.1%

Cities in this township include: La Salle, Oglesby.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Cemeteries: Saint Vincent Cemetery, Oakwood Memorial Cemetery, Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

River: Vermilion River.

Number of foreign born residents: 381 (34% naturalized citizens)

La Salle township:	2.8%
State:	12.3%

60% of La Salle 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, 67% lived in Illinois.

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

This state: 11666
Northeast: 234
Midwest: 742
South: 443
West: 163

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000

La Salle township, Illinois satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

People in group quarters in La Salle township, Illinois

117 people in nursing homes
48 people in homes for the mentally retarded
9 people in religious group quarters
8 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 4,733
One, attached: 97
Two: 351
3 or 4: 541
5 to 9: 181
10 to 19: 64
20 to 49: 37
50 or more: 207
Mobile homes: 152
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3

Median worth of mobile homes: $11,600

Housing units in La Salle township with a mortgage: 1,932 (184 second mortgage, 139 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,792

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 48
1995 to 1998: 86
1990 to 1994: 172
1980 to 1989: 266
1970 to 1979: 576
1960 to 1969: 564
1950 to 1959: 873
1940 to 1949: 908
1939 or earlier: 2,873

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in La Salle township, Illinois:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 40
3 rooms: 102
4 rooms: 726
5 rooms: 1,247
6 rooms: 938
7 rooms: 588
8 rooms: 275
9 or more rooms: 179

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in La Salle township, Illinois:

1 room: 62
2 rooms: 187
3 rooms: 366
4 rooms: 514
5 rooms: 381
6 rooms: 161
7 rooms: 75
8 rooms: 36
9 or more rooms: 11

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in La Salle township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 156
2 bedrooms: 1,427
3 bedrooms: 1,900
4 bedrooms: 532
5 or more bedrooms: 80

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in La Salle township:

no bedroom: 81
1 bedroom: 566
2 bedrooms: 749
3 bedrooms: 336
4 bedrooms: 52
5 or more bedrooms: 9

Cars and other vehicles available in La Salle township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 236
1 vehicle: 1,373
2 vehicles: 1,739
3 vehicles: 597
4 vehicles: 123
5 or more vehicles: 27

Cars and other vehicles available in La Salle township in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 351
1 vehicle: 934
2 vehicles: 422
3 vehicles: 64
4 vehicles: 22
5 or more vehicles: 0

Most common industries for males:

Construction (12%)
Metal and metal products (9%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Machinery (5%)
Public administration (4%)
Repair and maintenance (4%)
Educational services (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (14%)
Accommodation and food services (11%)
Educational services (11%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
Food and beverage stores (4%)
Social assistance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Cashiers (4%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in La Salle township:

German (22.2%)
Polish (16.7%)
Italian (15.3%)
Irish (9.3%)
English (7.3%)
United States or American (3.8%)
Slovene (2.8%)

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

Mexico (69%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
Italy (4%)
United Kingdom (4%)
Other Eastern Europe (4%)
Vietnam (3%)
Germany (3%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 5,089 (82%)
Carpooled: 680 (11%)
Railroad: 12 (0%)
Taxi: 12 (0%)
Motorcycle: 8 (0%)
Bicycle: 33 (1%)
Walked: 235 (4%)
Other means: 53 (1%)
Worked at home: 109 (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (87%)
Electricity (9%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
No fuel used (1%)

People in group quarters in La Salle township, Illinois

117 people in nursing homes
48 people in homes for the mentally retarded
9 people in religious group quarters
8 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

93.9% of residents of La Salle township speak English at home.
4.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).

Household type by relationship

Households: 13,528

In family households: 10,905 (2,752 male householders, 882 female householders)
2,745 spouses, 3,775 children (3,498 natural, 42 adopted, 235 stepchildren), 153 grandchildren, 79 brothers or sisters, 38 parents, 124 other relatives, 357 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 2,623 (1,106 male householders (926 living alone)), 1,178 female householders (1,092 living alone)), 339 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 188 (126 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,652 2-persons, 823 3-persons, 699 4-persons, 270 5-persons, 82 6-persons, 108 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,018 1-person, 218 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 10 5-persons.

2,054 married couples with children.
910 single-parent households (208 men, 702 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 327

Here:	23.1%
Illinois:	13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 79

Here:	11.1%
Illinois:	11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 52

Here:	9.9%
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)

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