Worth township, Cook County, Illinois (IL)

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Land area: 31.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.4 sq. mi.
Population: 152,239 (all urban)

Males: 72,376	(47.5%)
Females: 79,863	(52.5%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 149,992 (119,513 owner occupied, 30,479 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	20%
State:	33%

Races in Worth township:

White Non-Hispanic: 83.8%
Black: 5.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
Asian: 1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 7.8%
Two or more races: 1.7%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 37.7
Median age of females: 39.6

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Average household size: 2.55

Worth township:	2.5 people
Illinois:	2.6 people

Average family size: 3.21

Estimated median household income in 2008: $56,693 ($46,970 in 1999)

This township:	$56,693
Illinois:	$56,235

Median contract rent in 2008 for apartments: $799 (lower quartile is $684, upper quartile is $883)

Here:	$799
State:	$689

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $231,568 (it was $136,900 in 2000)

Worth township:	$231,568
Illinois:	$214,900

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $184,179 - $305,941

Mean price in 2008:

Detached houses: $257,600
Here: $257,600
State: $270,454

Townhouses or other attached units: $184,127
Here: $184,127
State: $256,242

In 2-unit structures: $304,748
Here: $304,748
State: $309,184

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $207,665
Here: $207,665
State: $307,695

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $166,675
Here: $166,675
State: $286,225

Mobile homes: $46,791
Here: $46,791
State: $35,670

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $137,500
Here: $137,500
State: $62,382

Population density: 4779 people per square mile

(very high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:

This township:	6.9%
Whole state:	10.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:

This township:	3.1%
Whole state:	5.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 15,025 (55% naturalized citizens)

Worth township:	9.9%
State:	12.3%

67% of Worth township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 88% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 36% lived in Illinois.

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

This state: 123871
Northeast: 1437
Midwest: 5784
South: 4173
West: 1242

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $130,800

Worth township, Illinois satellite photo by USGS

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: 0.2% of all households

People in group quarters in Worth township, Illinois

1599 people in nursing homes
374 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
118 people in homes for the mentally retarded
54 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
37 people in religious group quarters
34 people in unknown juvenile institutions
22 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
9 people in other nonhousehold living situations

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 36,046
One, attached: 2,937
Two: 1,589
3 or 4: 2,518
5 to 9: 5,674
10 to 19: 7,383
20 to 49: 2,694
50 or more: 735
Mobile homes: 918
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6

Median worth of mobile homes: $21,100

Housing units in Worth township with a mortgage: 23,157 (2,321 second mortgage, 3,127 home equity loan, 162 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 12,933

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 449
1995 to 1998: 1,552
1990 to 1994: 2,126
1980 to 1989: 4,635
1970 to 1979: 12,190
1960 to 1969: 14,150
1950 to 1959: 15,577
1940 to 1949: 5,749
1939 or earlier: 4,072

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Worth township, Illinois:
	1 room: 22 2 rooms: 207 3 rooms: 1,253 4 rooms: 4,994 5 rooms: 11,585 6 rooms: 11,680 7 rooms: 8,041 8 rooms: 4,349 9 or more rooms: 2,546

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Worth township, Illinois:
	1 room: 212 2 rooms: 811 3 rooms: 3,023 4 rooms: 5,730 5 rooms: 2,835 6 rooms: 882 7 rooms: 354 8 rooms: 152 9 or more rooms: 110

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Worth township:
	no bedroom: 80 1 bedroom: 1,251 2 bedrooms: 11,737 3 bedrooms: 23,504 4 bedrooms: 6,836 5 or more bedrooms: 1,269

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Worth township:
	no bedroom: 282 1 bedroom: 4,121 2 bedrooms: 8,017 3 bedrooms: 1,372 4 bedrooms: 261 5 or more bedrooms: 56

Cars and other vehicles available in Worth township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 2,717 1 vehicle: 15,611 2 vehicles: 18,800 3 vehicles: 5,492 4 vehicles: 1,627 5 or more vehicles: 430

Cars and other vehicles available in Worth township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 2,010 1 vehicle: 7,825 2 vehicles: 3,708 3 vehicles: 418 4 vehicles: 83 5 or more vehicles: 65

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (14%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)
Truck transportation (4%)
Educational services (4%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (17%)
Educational services (12%)
Finance and insurance (11%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
Public administration (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Registered nurses (5%)
Cashiers (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Worth township:

Irish (23.3%)
Polish (14.7%)
German (12.7%)
Italian (8.6%)
Lithuanian (2.7%)
English (2.4%)
Dutch (2.3%)

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

Mexico (27%)
Poland (13%)
Ireland (7%)
Other Eastern Europe (6%)
Jordan (5%)
Asia, n.e.c. (5%)
Greece (4%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 54,363 (78%)
Carpooled: 6,153 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1,107 (2%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 9 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 739 (1%)
Railroad: 3,591 (5%)
Ferryboat: 5 (0%)
Taxi: 19 (0%)
Motorcycle: 29 (0%)
Bicycle: 123 (0%)
Walked: 1,595 (2%)
Other means: 398 (1%)
Worked at home: 1,202 (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (88%) Electricity (10%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

People in group quarters in Worth township, Illinois

1599 people in nursing homes
374 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
118 people in homes for the mentally retarded
54 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
37 people in religious group quarters
34 people in unknown juvenile institutions
22 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
9 people in other nonhousehold living situations

84.6% of residents of Worth township speak English at home.
6.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
6.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak other language at home (69% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).

Household type by relationship

Households: 149,986

In family households: 127,718 (29,954 male householders, 9,310 female householders)
30,247 spouses, 48,798 children (46,046 natural, 951 adopted, 1,801 stepchildren), 2,440 grandchildren, 1,552 brothers or sisters, 1,259 parents, 2,387 other relatives, 1,771 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 22,268 (7,404 male householders (6,160 living alone)), 12,190 female householders (11,186 living alone)), 2,674 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 2,253 (1,641 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 15,704 2-persons, 8,771 3-persons, 7,655 4-persons, 4,304 5-persons, 1,968 6-persons, 862 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 17,346 1-person, 2,002 2-persons, 162 3-persons, 60 4-persons, 16 5-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons.

27,502 married couples with children.
6,523 single-parent households (1,337 men, 5,186 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3,725

Here:	21.7%
Illinois:	13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2,133

Here:	26.2%
Illinois:	11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2,058

Here:	30.8%
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 Worth township:

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