Washington township, Will County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (82% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
68% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% 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: 3206
- Northeast: 44
- Midwest: 439
- South: 145
- West: 22
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $140,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
93 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,268
- One, attached: 19
- Two: 52
- 3 or 4: 65
- 5 to 9: 28
- 10 to 19: 15
- 20 to 49: 10
- Mobile homes: 48
Median worth of mobile homes: $225,000
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 540 (54 second mortgage, 100 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 347
- Construction (17%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (41.8%)
- Irish (10.2%)
- Dutch (9.1%)
- Polish (8.4%)
- Italian (6.8%)
- English (4.7%)
- Swedish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (14%)
- Italy (11%)
- Korea (11%)
- Germany (10%)
- Hungary (8%)
- Laos (8%)
- Greece (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,747 (86%)
- Carpooled: 132 (6%)
- Subway or elevated: 14 (1%)
- Railroad: 39 (2%)
- Walked: 42 (2%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 54 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
93 people in nursing homes
94.3% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (35% speak English very well, 45% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,855- In family households: 3,456 (950 male householders, 154 female householders)
970 spouses, 1,175 children (1,114 natural, 22 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 60 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 47 parents, 42 other relatives, 52 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 399 (152 male householders (120 living alone)), 176 female householders (163 living alone)), 71 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 93 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 493 2-persons, 210 3-persons, 242 4-persons, 109 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 283 1-person, 28 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 10 4-persons,
735 married couples with children.
143 single-parent households (32 men, 111 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 43
| Here: | 9.1% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 28
| Here: | 20.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |