Brooklyn township, Lee County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (25% naturalized citizens)
| Brooklyn township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
72% of Brooklyn township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 95% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 710
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 59
- South: 23
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 342
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 20
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,100
Housing units in Brooklyn township with a mortgage: 112 (11 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 76
- Construction (18%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Food (4%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Finance and insurance (18%)
- Health care (17%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Top executives (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Financial managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Brooklyn township:
- German (33.2%)
- English (13.5%)
- Irish (11.4%)
- French (except Basque) (7.2%)
- Norwegian (6.1%)
- Scottish (5.4%)
- French Canadian (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (25%)
- Thailand (25%)
- Vietnam (25%)
- Mexico (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 302 (81%)
- Carpooled: 22 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (1%)
- Bicycle: 6 (2%)
- Walked: 10 (3%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 28 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Electricity (7%)
98.1% of residents of Brooklyn township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 810- In family households: 705 (194 male householders, 35 female householders)
211 spouses, 249 children (226 natural, 10 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 8 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 105 (41 male householders (36 living alone)), 56 female householders (54 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 107 2-persons, 50 3-persons, 48 4-persons, 15 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 90 1-person, 7 2-persons,
197 married couples with children.
44 single-parent households (16 men, 28 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
| Here: | 16.4% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 9.8% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |