Mazon township, Grundy County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (40% naturalized citizens)
Mazon township: | 1.1% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
71% of Mazon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1133
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 73
- South: 64
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 422
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 23
- 3 or 4: 16
- Mobile homes: 56
Median worth of mobile homes: $70,800
Housing units in Mazon township with a mortgage: 172 (12 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 114
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Construction (15%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (19%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Electricians (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mazon township:
- German (17.1%)
- English (13.3%)
- Norwegian (11.8%)
- United States or American (11.3%)
- Irish (10.1%)
- Italian (4.7%)
- Scottish (4.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (60%)
- Germany (13%)
- Philippines (13%)
- Thailand (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 500 (80%)
- Carpooled: 48 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 65 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (66%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Electricity (12%)
96.5% of residents of Mazon township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,317- In family households: 1,189 (326 male householders, 52 female householders)
333 spouses, 447 children (421 natural, 7 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 128 (61 male householders (47 living alone)), 47 female householders (38 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 162 2-persons, 81 3-persons, 93 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 85 1-person, 23 2-persons,
275 married couples with children.
80 single-parent households (26 men, 54 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
Here: | 6.5% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
Here: | 6.9% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
Here: | 6.2% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |