Sterling township, Whiteside County, Illinois (IL)

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Sterling township, IL map Land area: 23.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.1 sq. mi.
Population: 18,679 (96% urban, 4% rural)

Males: 8,966	(48.0%)
Females: 9,713	(52.0%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 18,201 (12,666 owner occupied, 5,535 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	30%
State:	33%

Races in Sterling township:

White Non-Hispanic: 78.2%
Black: 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
Asian: 0.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 18.0%
Two or more races: 0.8%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 37.0
Median age of females: 39.0

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Average household size: 2.46

Sterling township:	2.5 people
Illinois:	2.6 people

Average family size: 3.03

Estimated median household income in 2007: $45,594 ($39,248 in 1999)

This township:	$45,594
Illinois:	$54,123

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $498 (lower quartile is $417, upper quartile is $569)

Here:	$498
State:	$669

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $123,014 (it was $74,800 in 2000)

Sterling township:	$123,014
Illinois:	$208,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $89,332 - $176,925

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $147,958
Here: $147,958
State: $269,211

Townhouses or other attached units: $186,045
Here: $186,045
State: $258,887

In 2-unit structures: $185,620
Here: $185,620
State: $320,810

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $110,214
Here: $110,214
State: $330,214

Mobile homes: $17,128
Here: $17,128
State: $35,670

Population density: 794 people per square mile

(high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	10.1%
Whole state:	10.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	3.7%
Whole state:	5.1%

Cities in this township include: Sterling.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Churches in Sterling township include: Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, General Church, Tabernacle Christian Church, Macedonia Baptist Church, World Wide Christian Center.

Cemeteries: Science Ridge Mennonite Cemetery, Riverside Cemetery.

Creek: Sugar Creek.

Parks in Sterling township include: Sinnissippi Park, Gartner Park.

Number of foreign born residents: 941 (36% naturalized citizens)

Sterling township:	5.0%
State:	12.3%

56% of Sterling township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Illinois.

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

This state: 14013
Northeast: 242
Midwest: 1804
South: 1186
West: 348

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $61,700

Sterling township, Illinois satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
Gay men: 0.1% of all households

People in group quarters in Sterling township, Illinois

245 people in nursing homes
95 people in other nonhousehold living situations
66 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
44 people in homes for the mentally retarded
16 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
12 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 5,620
One, attached: 96
Two: 625
3 or 4: 412
5 to 9: 441
10 to 19: 96
20 to 49: 169
50 or more: 242
Mobile homes: 73

Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999

Housing units in Sterling township with a mortgage: 2,820 (319 second mortgage, 440 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,740

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 73
1995 to 1998: 310
1990 to 1994: 196
1980 to 1989: 471
1970 to 1979: 1,159
1960 to 1969: 1,162
1950 to 1959: 1,314
1940 to 1949: 967
1939 or earlier: 2,122

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Sterling township, Illinois:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 13 3 rooms: 69 4 rooms: 363 5 rooms: 1,136 6 rooms: 1,270 7 rooms: 922 8 rooms: 527 9 or more rooms: 585

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sterling township, Illinois:
	1 room: 77 2 rooms: 182 3 rooms: 456 4 rooms: 738 5 rooms: 555 6 rooms: 327 7 rooms: 71 8 rooms: 62 9 or more rooms: 18

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Sterling township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 92 2 bedrooms: 1,081 3 bedrooms: 2,519 4 bedrooms: 1,048 5 or more bedrooms: 145

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sterling township:
	no bedroom: 107 1 bedroom: 724 2 bedrooms: 1,015 3 bedrooms: 567 4 bedrooms: 55 5 or more bedrooms: 18

Cars and other vehicles available in Sterling township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 236 1 vehicle: 1,448 2 vehicles: 2,408 3 vehicles: 658 4 vehicles: 119 5 or more vehicles: 16

Cars and other vehicles available in Sterling township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 510 1 vehicle: 1,203 2 vehicles: 629 3 vehicles: 113 4 vehicles: 8 5 or more vehicles: 23

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males:

Metal and metal products (23%)
Construction (8%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Health care (4%)
Public administration (4%)
Finance and insurance (3%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (20%)
Educational services (9%)
Metal and metal products (8%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
Finance and insurance (4%)
Social assistance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Sterling township:

German (26.4%)
Irish (12.6%)
United States or American (8.1%)
English (7.1%)
Italian (2.7%)
Norwegian (2.1%)
Swedish (2.0%)

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

Mexico (79%)
Germany (4%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (2%)
Korea (2%)
United Kingdom (2%)
Philippines (2%)
Haiti (2%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 6,751 (80%)
Carpooled: 1,122 (13%)
Bus or trolley bus: 117 (1%)
Taxi: 5 (0%)
Motorcycle: 15 (0%)
Bicycle: 50 (1%)
Walked: 173 (2%)
Other means: 50 (1%)
Worked at home: 196 (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (85%) Electricity (13%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

People in group quarters in Sterling township, Illinois

245 people in nursing homes
95 people in other nonhousehold living situations
66 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
44 people in homes for the mentally retarded
16 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
12 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

87.9% of residents of Sterling township speak English at home.
10.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% speak English very well, 48% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 18,215

In family households: 15,444 (3,867 male householders, 1,129 female householders)
3,867 spouses, 5,390 children (4,928 natural, 92 adopted, 370 stepchildren), 417 grandchildren, 127 brothers or sisters, 90 parents, 176 other relatives, 381 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 2,771 (1,075 male householders (906 living alone)), 1,316 female householders (1,198 living alone)), 380 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 479 (302 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,094 2-persons, 1,136 3-persons, 1,060 4-persons, 451 5-persons, 195 6-persons, 60 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,104 1-person, 258 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 15 4-persons.

3,052 married couples with children.
1,215 single-parent households (251 men, 964 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 262

Here:	12.3%
Illinois:	13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 69

Here:	6.5%
Illinois:	11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 37

Here:	5.7%
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 (Noninst.)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Sterling township:

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