Adams township, La Salle County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (83% naturalized citizens)
| Adams township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
64% of Adams township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 86% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1306
- Northeast: 26
- Midwest: 145
- South: 43
- West: 46
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $103,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 532
- Two: 25
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 15
- 10 to 19: 6
- Mobile homes: 19
Housing units in Adams township with a mortgage: 246 (17 second mortgage, 37 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 111
- Construction (23%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Adams township:
- German (25.1%)
- Norwegian (19.7%)
- Irish (10.4%)
- United States or American (8.6%)
- English (6.2%)
- Italian (4.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (26%)
- Mexico (26%)
- Greece (13%)
- Korea (13%)
- Philippines (13%)
- Other Eastern Europe (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 570 (80%)
- Carpooled: 64 (9%)
- Walked: 37 (5%)
- Worked at home: 43 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (60%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (1%)
97.2% of residents of Adams township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,590- In family households: 1,440 (374 male householders, 64 female householders)
391 spouses, 552 children (491 natural, 14 adopted, 47 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 7 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 150 (64 male householders (54 living alone)), 68 female householders (65 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 172 2-persons, 90 3-persons, 100 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 119 1-person, 9 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
380 married couples with children.
64 single-parent households (30 men, 34 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 4.8% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 15.8% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |