West Deerfield township, Lake County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 10 (59% naturalized citizens)
| West Deerfield township: | 10.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
66% of West Deerfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 20174
- Northeast: 2518
- Midwest: 3608
- South: 1165
- West: 1027
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $404,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in West Deerfield township, Illinois:
- 689 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 171 people in nursing homes
- 37 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 22 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 10 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 4 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 9,649
- One, attached: 354
- Two: 44
- 3 or 4: 134
- 5 to 9: 124
- 10 to 19: 265
- 20 to 49: 199
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $311,100
Housing units in West Deerfield township with a mortgage: 6,874 (509 second mortgage, 1,411 home equity loan, 52 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,324
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (23%)
- Finance and insurance (14%)
- Health care (8%)
- Construction (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (10%)
- Top executives (10%)
- Lawyers (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Physicians and surgeons (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Deerfield township:
- German (13.6%)
- Irish (10.4%)
- Russian (10.3%)
- United States or American (9.2%)
- Italian (7.0%)
- Polish (6.2%)
- English (5.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (10%)
- Germany (6%)
- Poland (5%)
- Russia (5%)
- Canada (5%)
- Italy (5%)
- India (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 11,120 (74%)
- Carpooled: 722 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 19 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 63 (0%)
- Railroad: 1,584 (11%)
- Taxi: 42 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 166 (1%)
- Other means: 109 (1%)
- Worked at home: 1,234 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (94%)
- Electricity (6%)
People in group quarters in West Deerfield township, Illinois:
- 689 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 171 people in nursing homes
- 37 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 22 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 10 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 4 people in religious group quarters
87.1% of residents of West Deerfield township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
7.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
2.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 30,903- In family households: 29,123 (7,572 male householders, 1,459 female householders)
8,364 spouses, 11,039 children (10,555 natural, 313 adopted, 171 stepchildren), 94 grandchildren, 81 brothers or sisters, 94 parents, 198 other relatives, 222 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,780 (550 male householders (441 living alone)), 1,007 female householders (939 living alone)), 223 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 943 (176 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,549 2-persons, 1,742 3-persons, 2,314 4-persons, 1,085 5-persons, 278 6-persons, 63 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,380 1-person, 153 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 14 4-persons,
8,787 married couples with children.
653 single-parent households (118 men, 535 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 547
| Here: | 11.8% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 162
| Here: | 8.4% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 602
| Here: | 53.4% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |