Plainfield township, Will County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 33.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.7 sq. mi.
Population: 45,691 (99% urban, 1% rural)
| Males: 22,776 |  (49.8%) |
| Females: 22,915 |  (50.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 45,522 (43,270 owner occupied, 2,252 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 5% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Plainfield township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 87.4%
- Black: 2.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Asian: 1.9%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 7.2%
- Two or more races: 1.0%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 30.8
Median age of females: 30.9
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Average household size: 3.09
| Plainfield township: | 3.1 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.40
| Plainfield township: | $74,397 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $830 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $203,000 (it was $152,200 in 2000)
| : | $203,000 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $237,325
Here: $237,325 State: $228,842
Townhouses or other attached units: $163,332
Here: $163,332 State: $200,693
In 2-unit structures: $138,456
Here: $138,456 State: $206,569
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $181,385
Here: $181,385 State: $240,302
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $89,973
Here: $89,973 State: $222,493
Mobile homes: $43,950
Here: $43,950 State: $36,193
| Population density: 1364 people per square mile | (very high). |
| This township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Plainfield, Crystal Lawns.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Lake: Legion Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Park in Plainfield township: Renwick Community Park Complex (1). Display/hide its location on the map
59% of Plainfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 27% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1689
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 993
- South: 44
- West: 86
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Plainfield township, Illinois:
- 159 people in nursing homes
- 8 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 938
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 23
Median worth of mobile homes: $93,600
Housing units in Plainfield township with a mortgage: 594 (74 second mortgage, 109 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 129
- Construction (15%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (4%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Personal appearance workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Plainfield township:
- German (41.1%)
- Norwegian (21.1%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- United States or American (7.0%)
- Swedish (6.5%)
- Dutch (4.9%)
- English (2.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,389 (91%)
- Carpooled: 62 (4%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 66 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
- Utility gas (31%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Plainfield township, Illinois:
- 159 people in nursing homes
- 8 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 2 people in religious group quarters
99.4% of residents of Plainfield township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,819- In family households: 2,657 (788 male householders, 47 female householders)
767 spouses, 1,009 children (930 natural, 15 adopted, 64 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 0 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 162 (67 male householders (51 living alone)), 63 female householders (55 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 343 2-persons, 167 3-persons, 197 4-persons, 86 5-persons, 35 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 106 1-person, 17 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
13,232 married couples with children.
1,360 single-parent households (355 men, 1,005 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 123
| Here: | 28.3% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 25
| Here: | 11.3% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
| Here: | 37.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |