Peotone township, Will County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (64% naturalized citizens)
| Peotone township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
67% of Peotone township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3311
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 335
- South: 79
- West: 32
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,077
- One, attached: 54
- Two: 97
- 3 or 4: 68
- 5 to 9: 75
- 10 to 19: 28
- Mobile homes: 40
Median worth of mobile homes: $275,000
Housing units in Peotone township with a mortgage: 631 (74 second mortgage, 102 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 271
- Construction (21%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Finance and insurance (15%)
- Health care (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Construction (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (3%)
- Carpenters (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Peotone township:
- German (34.5%)
- Irish (14.2%)
- Polish (8.4%)
- Italian (8.0%)
- English (5.1%)
- United States or American (4.3%)
- Ukrainian (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (42%)
- Mexico (36%)
- Philippines (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,693 (82%)
- Carpooled: 195 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Railroad: 58 (3%)
- Walked: 53 (3%)
- Other means: 9 (0%)
- Worked at home: 57 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
96.9% of residents of Peotone township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 41% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% 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: 3,843- In family households: 3,380 (886 male householders, 169 female householders)
895 spouses, 1,274 children (1,188 natural, 68 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 43 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 43 other relatives, 48 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 463 (174 male householders (121 living alone)), 216 female householders (216 living alone)), 73 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 390 2-persons, 227 3-persons, 249 4-persons, 115 5-persons, 74 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 337 1-person, 40 2-persons, 13 3-persons,
851 married couples with children.
185 single-parent households (35 men, 150 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 37
| Here: | 7.5% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
| Here: | 4.5% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 22
| Here: | 11.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |