McHenry township, McHenry County, Illinois (IL)

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Land area: 44.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 3.4 sq. mi.
Population: 41,740 (95% urban, 5% rural)

Males: 20,785	(49.8%)
Females: 20,955	(50.2%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 41,479 (35,025 owner occupied, 6,454 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	16%
State:	33%

Races in McHenry township:

White Non-Hispanic: 92.8%
Black: 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
Asian: 0.6%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 5.5%
Two or more races: 0.6%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 35.5
Median age of females: 36.6

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Average household size: 2.75

McHenry township:	2.8 people
Illinois:	2.6 people

Average family size: 3.21

Estimated median household income in 2008: $68,354 ($56,631 in 1999)

This township:	$68,354
Illinois:	$56,235

Median contract rent in 2008 for apartments: $870 (lower quartile is $720, upper quartile is $1,021)

Here:	$870
State:	$689

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $241,872 (it was $142,700 in 2000)

McHenry township:	$241,872
Illinois:	$214,900

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $183,527 - $342,794

Mean price in 2008:

Detached houses: $289,492
Here: $289,492
State: $270,454

Townhouses or other attached units: $245,709
Here: $245,709
State: $256,242

In 2-unit structures: $315,987
Here: $315,987
State: $309,184

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $165,131
Here: $165,131
State: $307,695

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $103,500
Here: $103,500
State: $286,225

Mobile homes: $61,090
Here: $61,090
State: $35,670

Population density: 930 people per square mile

(very high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:

This township:	4.8%
Whole state:	10.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:

This township:	2.3%
Whole state:	5.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,988 (40% naturalized citizens)

McHenry township:	4.8%
State:	12.3%

61% of McHenry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Illinois.

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

This state: 32190
Northeast: 882
Midwest: 3978
South: 1515
West: 872

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $107,100

McHenry township, Illinois satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%

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

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

People in group quarters in McHenry township, Illinois

204 people in nursing homes
46 people in homes for the mentally retarded
5 people in religious group quarters
4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 13,799
One, attached: 250
Two: 255
3 or 4: 588
5 to 9: 647
10 to 19: 165
20 to 49: 151
50 or more: 52
Mobile homes: 92

Median worth of mobile homes: $44,800

Housing units in McHenry township with a mortgage: 8,938 (1,073 second mortgage, 1,232 home equity loan, 61 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,603

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 436
1995 to 1998: 998
1990 to 1994: 994
1980 to 1989: 2,421
1970 to 1979: 3,483
1960 to 1969: 2,048
1950 to 1959: 2,884
1940 to 1949: 1,076
1939 or earlier: 1,659

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in McHenry township, Illinois:
	1 room: 8 2 rooms: 23 3 rooms: 220 4 rooms: 942 5 rooms: 2,692 6 rooms: 2,839 7 rooms: 2,412 8 rooms: 1,823 9 or more rooms: 1,423

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in McHenry township, Illinois:
	1 room: 81 2 rooms: 176 3 rooms: 471 4 rooms: 773 5 rooms: 588 6 rooms: 311 7 rooms: 131 8 rooms: 120 9 or more rooms: 53

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in McHenry township:
	no bedroom: 8 1 bedroom: 262 2 bedrooms: 2,801 3 bedrooms: 6,514 4 bedrooms: 2,454 5 or more bedrooms: 343

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in McHenry township:
	no bedroom: 91 1 bedroom: 751 2 bedrooms: 1,090 3 bedrooms: 591 4 bedrooms: 159 5 or more bedrooms: 22

Cars and other vehicles available in McHenry township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 353 1 vehicle: 2,843 2 vehicles: 5,693 3 vehicles: 2,423 4 vehicles: 837 5 or more vehicles: 233

Cars and other vehicles available in McHenry township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 268 1 vehicle: 1,368 2 vehicles: 744 3 vehicles: 256 4 vehicles: 44 5 or more vehicles: 24

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (17%)
Metal and metal products (6%)
Machinery (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
Computer and electronic products (4%)
Accommodation and food services (3%)
Repair and maintenance (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (15%)
Educational services (11%)
Finance and insurance (7%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
Personal and laundry services (3%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

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

Most common occupations for females (%)

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Customer service representatives (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Registered nurses (3%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in McHenry township:

German (31.7%)
Irish (13.0%)
Polish (9.5%)
Italian (8.7%)
English (5.1%)
United States or American (3.6%)
Swedish (3.4%)

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

Mexico (46%)
Poland (10%)
Germany (8%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)
United Kingdom (3%)
Canada (3%)
Philippines (3%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 18,456 (85%)
Carpooled: 1,805 (8%)
Bus or trolley bus: 83 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 7 (0%)
Railroad: 357 (2%)
Taxi: 8 (0%)
Bicycle: 18 (0%)
Walked: 243 (1%)
Other means: 146 (1%)
Worked at home: 493 (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (91%) Electricity (8%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

People in group quarters in McHenry township, Illinois

204 people in nursing homes
46 people in homes for the mentally retarded
5 people in religious group quarters
4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

92.4% of residents of McHenry township speak English at home.
4.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 41,477

In family households: 36,736 (9,227 male householders, 1,950 female householders)
9,342 spouses, 13,769 children (12,668 natural, 283 adopted, 818 stepchildren), 571 grandchildren, 258 brothers or sisters, 201 parents, 592 other relatives, 826 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 4,741 (2,070 male householders (1,642 living alone)), 1,835 female householders (1,580 living alone)), 836 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 263 (218 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 4,166 2-persons, 2,516 3-persons, 2,624 4-persons, 1,257 5-persons, 392 6-persons, 222 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,222 1-person, 571 2-persons, 63 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 18 5-persons.

9,039 married couples with children.
1,790 single-parent households (520 men, 1,270 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 441

Here:	8.0%
Illinois:	13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 214

Here:	8.2%
Illinois:	11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 241

Here:	13.8%
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 (Noninst.)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in McHenry township:

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