Western township, Henry County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (40% naturalized citizens)
| Western township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
69% of Western township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2155
- Northeast: 16
- Midwest: 572
- South: 116
- West: 60
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,047
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 20
- 3 or 4: 22
- 5 to 9: 24
- 10 to 19: 17
- 20 to 49: 11
- Mobile homes: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $50,700
Housing units in Western township with a mortgage: 531 (67 second mortgage, 57 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 308
- Machinery (12%)
- Construction (12%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Western township:
- German (25.5%)
- Swedish (17.8%)
- Irish (11.2%)
- United States or American (10.3%)
- English (8.4%)
- Belgian (6.9%)
- Norwegian (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (28%)
- Canada (28%)
- Netherlands (13%)
- Other Northern Europe (8%)
- Spain (8%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
- Japan (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,290 (87%)
- Carpooled: 123 (8%)
- Walked: 22 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 38 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
97.3% of residents of Western township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,974- In family households: 2,691 (794 male householders, 83 female householders)
763 spouses, 961 children (877 natural, 23 adopted, 61 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 7 other relatives, 41 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 283 (101 male householders (79 living alone)), 151 female householders (146 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 400 2-persons, 158 3-persons, 186 4-persons, 104 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 225 1-person, 25 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
643 married couples with children.
84 single-parent households (23 men, 61 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
| Here: | 6.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
| Here: | 6.8% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 17.4% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |