Deer Park township, La Salle County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (56% naturalized citizens)
| Deer Park township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
82% of Deer Park township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 409
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 28
- South: 7
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 164
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 32
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,000
Housing units in Deer Park township with a mortgage: 51 (4 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 33
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Construction (9%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Postsecondary teachers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Deer Park township:
- German (36.2%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- Polish (10.0%)
- Norwegian (6.5%)
- English (5.7%)
- United States or American (5.7%)
- Slovene (4.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (44%)
- Korea (33%)
- Mexico (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 185 (84%)
- Carpooled: 12 (5%)
- Walked: 4 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 17 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
96.7% of residents of Deer Park township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 460- In family households: 410 (93 male householders, 39 female householders)
115 spouses, 149 children (140 natural, 7 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 8 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 50 (28 male householders (22 living alone)), 16 female householders (16 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 59 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 8 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 38 1-person, 6 2-persons,
82 married couples with children.
16 single-parent households (3 men, 13 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 34.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 16.7% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |