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Seneca township, McHenry County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 6 (61% naturalized citizens)

Seneca township:

6.1%
Whole state:

12.3%

71% of Seneca township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Illinois.

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

  • This state: 2223
  • Northeast: 95
  • Midwest: 273
  • South: 86
  • West: 75

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $275,000


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%

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

  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Seneca township, IL map Seneca township, Illinois satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Housing units in Seneca township with a mortgage: 514 (39 second mortgage, 66 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 119

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 0
  • 1995 to 1998: 88
  • 1990 to 1994: 102
  • 1980 to 1989: 180
  • 1970 to 1979: 255
  • 1960 to 1969: 81
  • 1950 to 1959: 65
  • 1940 to 1949: 32
  • 1939 or earlier: 153

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

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 0
  • 4 rooms: 26
  • 5 rooms: 87
  • 6 rooms: 152
  • 7 rooms: 196
  • 8 rooms: 178
  • 9 or more rooms: 216

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

  • 1 room: 7
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 5
  • 4 rooms: 0
  • 5 rooms: 6
  • 6 rooms: 22
  • 7 rooms: 26
  • 8 rooms: 0
  • 9 or more rooms: 14

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

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 0
  • 2 bedrooms: 59
  • 3 bedrooms: 447
  • 4 bedrooms: 275
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 74

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Seneca township:

  • no bedroom: 7
  • 1 bedroom: 5
  • 2 bedrooms: 0
  • 3 bedrooms: 31
  • 4 bedrooms: 29
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 8

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

  • no vehicle: 6
  • 1 vehicle: 120
  • 2 vehicles: 395
  • 3 vehicles: 199
  • 4 vehicles: 111
  • 5 or more vehicles: 24

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

  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 16
  • 2 vehicles: 38
  • 3 vehicles: 8
  • 4 vehicles: 18
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

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

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (20%)
  • Accommodation and food services (4%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
  • Repair and maintenance (4%)
  • Machinery (4%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)
  • Educational services (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (19%)
  • Educational services (15%)
  • Finance and insurance (9%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
  • Construction (4%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
  • Top executives (6%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
  • Construction laborers (4%)
  • Engineers (4%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (5%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Seneca township:

  • German (26.4%)
  • Polish (15.0%)
  • Irish (12.4%)
  • Italian (9.8%)
  • English (4.5%)
  • Norwegian (3.3%)
  • United States or American (2.7%)

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

  • Mexico (63%)
  • Poland (9%)
  • United Kingdom (7%)
  • Germany (6%)
  • Korea (6%)
  • Italy (4%)
  • Other Eastern Europe (3%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (45%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
  • Electricity (19%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
  • Wood (1%)

16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded

90.8% of residents of Seneca township speak English at home.
5.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (25% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 44% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).
3.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (52% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 2,892

Size of family households: 248 2-persons, 174 3-persons, 172 4-persons, 113 5-persons, 51 6-persons, 36 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 90 1-person, 7 2-persons,

641 married couples with children.
48 single-parent households (18 men, 30 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 121
Here:

27.6%
Illinois:

13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 30
Here:

11.8%
Illinois:

11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here:

6.5%
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 Seneca township:

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