York township, DuPage County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 12 (51% naturalized citizens)
| York township: | 12.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
65% of York township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 87972
- Northeast: 3429
- Midwest: 10892
- South: 4016
- West: 2349
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $198,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in York township, Illinois:
- 2,186 people in nursing homes
- 1,401 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 243 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 30 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 27 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 20 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 16 people in religious group quarters
- 15 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 2 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 31,442
- One, attached: 4,035
- Two: 605
- 3 or 4: 651
- 5 to 9: 2,060
- 10 to 19: 1,588
- 20 to 49: 2,475
- 50 or more: 5,690
- Mobile homes: 58
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,000
Housing units in York township with a mortgage: 22,783 (2,210 second mortgage, 4,019 home equity loan, 57 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9,293
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (13%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Top executives (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in York township:
- German (18.6%)
- Irish (14.5%)
- Italian (12.5%)
- Polish (8.3%)
- English (4.8%)
- United States or American (2.6%)
- Dutch (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (23%)
- India (16%)
- Philippines (6%)
- Pakistan (4%)
- Poland (4%)
- Germany (4%)
- Italy (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 49,873 (80%)
- Carpooled: 4,876 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 258 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 7 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 50 (0%)
- Railroad: 3,459 (6%)
- Ferryboat: 30 (0%)
- Taxi: 51 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 66 (0%)
- Bicycle: 295 (0%)
- Walked: 1,596 (3%)
- Other means: 282 (0%)
- Worked at home: 1,858 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (86%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in York township, Illinois:
- 2,186 people in nursing homes
- 1,401 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 243 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 30 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 27 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 20 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 16 people in religious group quarters
- 15 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 2 people in other group homes
83.6% of residents of York township speak English at home.
5.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
8.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (79% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 120,597- In family households: 103,665 (26,229 male householders, 6,180 female householders)
27,534 spouses, 37,294 children (34,973 natural, 1,009 adopted, 1,312 stepchildren), 1,308 grandchildren, 917 brothers or sisters, 1,087 parents, 1,878 other relatives, 1,238 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 16,932 (6,110 male householders (5,070 living alone)), 8,497 female householders (7,645 living alone)), 2,325 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3,956 (2,343 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 13,316 2-persons, 6,937 3-persons, 6,880 4-persons, 3,359 5-persons, 1,292 6-persons, 625 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 12,715 1-person, 1,639 2-persons, 185 3-persons, 60 4-persons, 8 5-persons,
24,438 married couples with children.
3,415 single-parent households (818 men, 2,597 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3,214
| Here: | 22.9% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 913
| Here: | 14.5% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2,095
| Here: | 37.6% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |