Harlem township, Stephenson County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Harlem township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
61% of Harlem township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1914
- Northeast: 30
- Midwest: 348
- South: 76
- West: 39
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $96,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 783
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 149
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,800
Housing units in Harlem township with a mortgage: 415 (36 second mortgage, 53 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 199
- Construction (17%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harlem township:
- German (50.3%)
- Irish (7.7%)
- English (6.8%)
- United States or American (6.0%)
- Dutch (4.2%)
- Italian (3.6%)
- Norwegian (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,083 (86%)
- Carpooled: 126 (10%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 6 (0%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 42 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (44%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (3%)
96.9% of residents of Harlem township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,417- In family households: 2,225 (656 male householders, 98 female householders)
675 spouses, 744 children (726 natural, 5 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 7 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 192 (107 male householders (95 living alone)), 67 female householders (56 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 355 2-persons, 175 3-persons, 154 4-persons, 45 5-persons, 25 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 151 1-person, 23 2-persons,
512 married couples with children.
65 single-parent households (20 men, 45 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 63
| Here: | 23.5% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
| Here: | 10.8% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 2.4% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |