Mission township, La Salle County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (22% naturalized citizens)
| Mission township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
52% of Mission township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 23% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3303
- Northeast: 69
- Midwest: 220
- South: 293
- West: 81
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $53,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
1,596 people in state prisons
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 706
- One, attached: 1
- Two: 40
- 3 or 4: 33
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 116
Median worth of mobile homes: $51,900
Housing units in Mission township with a mortgage: 379 (20 second mortgage, 40 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 154
- Construction (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Cashiers (13%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mission township:
- German (29.5%)
- Irish (13.9%)
- Norwegian (13.1%)
- English (11.7%)
- Italian (4.1%)
- Polish (3.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (51%)
- Cuba (9%)
- El Salvador (9%)
- Yugoslavia (7%)
- Poland (5%)
- Vietnam (5%)
- Korea (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 974 (77%)
- Carpooled: 200 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 18 (1%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 59 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (71%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
1,596 people in state prisons
94.7% of residents of Mission township speak English at home.
3.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (92% speak English very well, 1% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,489- In family households: 2,175 (513 male householders, 120 female householders)
529 spouses, 921 children (860 natural, 4 adopted, 57 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 14 other relatives, 31 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 314 (126 male householders (75 living alone)), 104 female householders (97 living alone)), 84 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,602 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 222 2-persons, 105 3-persons, 154 4-persons, 98 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 172 1-person, 47 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 3 6-persons,
590 married couples with children.
135 single-parent households (49 men, 86 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 40
| Here: | 12.9% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |