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Plato township, Kane County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 3 (45% naturalized citizens)

Plato township:

2.7%
Whole state:

12.3%

71% of Plato 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, 75% lived in Illinois.

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

  • This state: 3175
  • Northeast: 145
  • Midwest: 365
  • South: 105
  • West: 129

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%

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
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Housing units in structures:


Housing units in Plato township with a mortgage: 830 (42 second mortgage, 206 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 204

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 37
  • 1995 to 1998: 141
  • 1990 to 1994: 128
  • 1980 to 1989: 482
  • 1970 to 1979: 209
  • 1960 to 1969: 46
  • 1950 to 1959: 124
  • 1940 to 1949: 7
  • 1939 or earlier: 136

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Plato township, Illinois:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 5
  • 4 rooms: 18
  • 5 rooms: 125
  • 6 rooms: 176
  • 7 rooms: 350
  • 8 rooms: 193
  • 9 or more rooms: 344

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Plato township, Illinois:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 8
  • 4 rooms: 12
  • 5 rooms: 13
  • 6 rooms: 4
  • 7 rooms: 24
  • 8 rooms: 0
  • 9 or more rooms: 21

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Plato township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 5
  • 2 bedrooms: 58
  • 3 bedrooms: 611
  • 4 bedrooms: 433
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 104

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Plato township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 7
  • 2 bedrooms: 13
  • 3 bedrooms: 29
  • 4 bedrooms: 33
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Plato township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 13
  • 1 vehicle: 51
  • 2 vehicles: 671
  • 3 vehicles: 359
  • 4 vehicles: 62
  • 5 or more vehicles: 55

Cars and other vehicles available in Plato township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 42
  • 2 vehicles: 19
  • 3 vehicles: 21
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (17%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
  • Machinery (5%)
  • Computer and electronic products (4%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
  • Metal and metal products (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Educational services (14%)
  • Finance and insurance (9%)
  • Health care (9%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
  • Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Food and beverage stores (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (13%)
  • Carpenters (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Engineers (4%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
  • Customer service representatives (6%)
  • Other financial specialists (5%)
  • Registered nurses (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Plato township:

  • German (35.3%)
  • Italian (10.2%)
  • English (9.1%)
  • Polish (6.0%)
  • United States or American (5.9%)
  • Irish (5.6%)
  • Swedish (4.3%)

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

  • Guatemala (38%)
  • Germany (18%)
  • Mexico (18%)
  • Pakistan (13%)
  • Greece (6%)
  • China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (78%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
  • Electricity (3%)
  • Other fuel (1%)

95.9% of residents of Plato township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (36% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 39% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 4,045

Size of family households: 366 2-persons, 233 3-persons, 303 4-persons, 137 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 47 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 92 1-person, 61 2-persons,

1,013 married couples with children.
59 single-parent households (18 men, 41 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 72
Here:

11.6%
Illinois:

13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 41
Here:

16.0%
Illinois:

11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 39
Here:

19.7%
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 (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Plato township:

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