Waukegan township, Lake County, Illinois (IL)

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Waukegan township, IL map Land area: 21.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 92,805 (all urban)

Males: 47,087	(50.7%)
Females: 45,718	(49.3%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 90,626 (53,797 owner occupied, 36,829 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	41%
State:	33%

Races in Waukegan township:

White Non-Hispanic: 27.0%
Black: 21.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
Asian: 2.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 46.6%
Two or more races: 1.4%
Some other race: 0.5%

Median age of males: 28.7
Median age of females: 29.4

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Average household size: 3.13

Waukegan township:	3.1 people
Illinois:	2.6 people

Average family size: 3.72

Estimated median household income in 2007: $46,152 ($39,712 in 1999)

This township:	$46,152
Illinois:	$54,123

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $676 (lower quartile is $563, upper quartile is $833)

Here:	$676
State:	$669

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $182,755 (it was $112,700 in 2000)

Waukegan township:	$182,755
Illinois:	$208,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $134,712 - $218,204

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $188,381
Here: $188,381
State: $269,211

Townhouses or other attached units: $161,907
Here: $161,907
State: $258,887

In 2-unit structures: $209,591
Here: $209,591
State: $320,810

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $198,056
Here: $198,056
State: $330,214

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $208,902
Here: $208,902
State: $275,408

Mobile homes: $25,374
Here: $25,374
State: $35,670

Population density: 4399 people per square mile

(very high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	15.2%
Whole state:	10.7%

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

This township:	5.8%
Whole state:	5.1%

Cities in this township include: Waukegan.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Lake: Dead Lake.

Number of foreign born residents: 28,345 (23% naturalized citizens)

Waukegan township:	30.5%
State:	12.3%

53% of Waukegan 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, 57% lived in Illinois.

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

This state: 45650
Northeast: 1465
Midwest: 5209
South: 7734
West: 2082

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $114,800

Waukegan 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: 0.3% of all households

People in group quarters in Waukegan township, Illinois

637 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
504 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
353 people in nursing homes
237 people in other nonhousehold living situations
182 people in other group homes
130 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
38 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
37 people in homes for the mentally retarded
22 people in homes for the mentally ill
21 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
14 people in halfway houses
4 people in religious group quarters

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 15,781
One, attached: 1,150
Two: 3,546
3 or 4: 1,626
5 to 9: 1,905
10 to 19: 2,044
20 to 49: 1,829
50 or more: 2,010
Mobile homes: 767
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7

Median worth of mobile homes: $18,700

Housing units in Waukegan township with a mortgage: 9,943 (1,060 second mortgage, 915 home equity loan, 73 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,691

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 316
1995 to 1998: 983
1990 to 1994: 971
1980 to 1989: 1,884
1970 to 1979: 4,958
1960 to 1969: 6,059
1950 to 1959: 7,172
1940 to 1949: 2,866
1939 or earlier: 5,456

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Waukegan township, Illinois:
	1 room: 44 2 rooms: 280 3 rooms: 1,165 4 rooms: 2,085 5 rooms: 3,899 6 rooms: 3,498 7 rooms: 2,548 8 rooms: 1,407 9 or more rooms: 1,125

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Waukegan township, Illinois:
	1 room: 692 2 rooms: 1,716 3 rooms: 2,827 4 rooms: 3,795 5 rooms: 2,319 6 rooms: 914 7 rooms: 455 8 rooms: 114 9 or more rooms: 98

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Waukegan township:
	no bedroom: 186 1 bedroom: 885 2 bedrooms: 4,562 3 bedrooms: 6,995 4 bedrooms: 2,609 5 or more bedrooms: 814

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Waukegan township:
	no bedroom: 1,009 1 bedroom: 4,715 2 bedrooms: 4,632 3 bedrooms: 2,046 4 bedrooms: 465 5 or more bedrooms: 63

Cars and other vehicles available in Waukegan township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 862 1 vehicle: 5,090 2 vehicles: 6,856 3 vehicles: 2,297 4 vehicles: 664 5 or more vehicles: 282

Cars and other vehicles available in Waukegan township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 2,583 1 vehicle: 6,450 2 vehicles: 3,156 3 vehicles: 477 4 vehicles: 172 5 or more vehicles: 92

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males:

Construction (10%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (10%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Chemicals (5%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
Educational services (4%)
Public administration (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (13%)
Educational services (6%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
Chemicals (6%)

Most common occupations for males

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (3%)

Most common occupations for females

Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Cashiers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Waukegan township:

German (5.8%)
Irish (3.0%)
United States or American (2.6%)
Polish (2.4%)
English (1.9%)
Italian (1.8%)
Swedish (1.1%)

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

Mexico (76%)
Honduras (6%)
Philippines (4%)
El Salvador (2%)
Other Central America (2%)
Guatemala (1%)
India (1%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 26,807 (69%)
Carpooled: 8,739 (22%)
Bus or trolley bus: 907 (2%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 58 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 46 (0%)
Railroad: 340 (1%)
Ferryboat: 11 (0%)
Taxi: 96 (0%)
Motorcycle: 36 (0%)
Bicycle: 71 (0%)
Walked: 802 (2%)
Other means: 631 (2%)
Worked at home: 542 (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (84%) Electricity (13%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

People in group quarters in Waukegan township, Illinois

637 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
504 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
353 people in nursing homes
237 people in other nonhousehold living situations
182 people in other group homes
130 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
38 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
37 people in homes for the mentally retarded
22 people in homes for the mentally ill
21 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
14 people in halfway houses
4 people in religious group quarters

53.2% of residents of Waukegan township speak English at home.
42.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (39% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 15% don't speak English at all).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (69% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Household type by relationship

Households: 90,499

In family households: 80,218 (14,143 male householders, 6,446 female householders)
14,289 spouses, 30,984 children (29,199 natural, 460 adopted, 1,325 stepchildren), 2,288 grandchildren, 2,419 brothers or sisters, 912 parents, 4,949 other relatives, 3,788 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 10,281 (4,041 male householders (3,221 living alone)), 4,424 female householders (3,818 living alone)), 1,816 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 2,194 (899 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 5,779 2-persons, 4,370 3-persons, 4,116 4-persons, 2,813 5-persons, 1,686 6-persons, 1,825 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 7,039 1-person, 1,230 2-persons, 119 3-persons, 33 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons.

16,613 married couples with children.
7,302 single-parent households (1,462 men, 5,840 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,131

Here:	9.1%
Illinois:	13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 269

Here:	5.1%
Illinois:	11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 679

Here:	20.1%
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 Waukegan township:

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