West Galena township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (9% naturalized citizens)
| West Galena township: | 3.7% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
57% of West Galena township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1501
- Northeast: 62
- Midwest: 1363
- South: 133
- West: 77
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $68,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
People in group quarters in West Galena township, Illinois:
- 55 people in nursing homes
- 12 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 7 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,129
- One, attached: 53
- Two: 120
- 3 or 4: 140
- 5 to 9: 150
- 10 to 19: 66
- 20 to 49: 61
- Mobile homes: 10
Housing units in West Galena township with a mortgage: 442 (30 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 394
- Construction (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (16%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (26%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Other direct selling establishments (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Galena township:
- German (38.9%)
- United States or American (14.1%)
- Irish (12.4%)
- English (9.5%)
- Swedish (4.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
- Polish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (68%)
- France (10%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Japan (6%)
- Poland (6%)
- Other Northern Europe (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,139 (70%)
- Carpooled: 210 (13%)
- Walked: 167 (10%)
- Worked at home: 114 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in West Galena township, Illinois:
- 55 people in nursing homes
- 12 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 7 people in homes for the mentally ill
95.4% of residents of West Galena township speak English at home.
3.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (30% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 37% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,208- In family households: 2,441 (682 male householders, 134 female householders)
669 spouses, 781 children (702 natural, 14 adopted, 65 stepchildren), 52 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 25 other relatives, 98 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 767 (246 male householders (204 living alone)), 404 female householders (344 living alone)), 117 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 71 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 409 2-persons, 154 3-persons, 169 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 29 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 548 1-person, 81 2-persons, 21 3-persons,
475 married couples with children.
140 single-parent households (26 men, 114 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
| Here: | 9.9% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 61
| Here: | 55.5% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |