Northfield township, Cook County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 20 (57% naturalized citizens)
| Northfield township: | 19.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
64% of Northfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 36% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 50536
- Northeast: 3972
- Midwest: 7208
- South: 2720
- West: 1351
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $423,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Northfield township, Illinois:
- 1,276 people in nursing homes
- 190 people in religious group quarters
- 62 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 61 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 56 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 47 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 29 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 6 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 20,032
- One, attached: 3,451
- Two: 130
- 3 or 4: 586
- 5 to 9: 2,013
- 10 to 19: 702
- 20 to 49: 2,053
- 50 or more: 2,321
- Mobile homes: 435
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,900
Housing units in Northfield township with a mortgage: 14,498 (1,118 second mortgage, 2,408 home equity loan, 30 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6,669
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (17%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Health care (6%)
- Construction (6%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Public administration (2%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (10%)
- Top executives (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Lawyers (6%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Computer specialists (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Northfield township:
- German (13.3%)
- Irish (11.1%)
- Russian (8.3%)
- Polish (7.7%)
- United States or American (5.9%)
- Italian (5.6%)
- English (5.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (20%)
- Poland (9%)
- Russia (8%)
- Mexico (8%)
- Ukraine (6%)
- India (5%)
- Germany (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 30,202 (77%)
- Carpooled: 2,943 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 164 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 203 (1%)
- Railroad: 2,870 (7%)
- Taxi: 77 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 70 (0%)
- Walked: 586 (1%)
- Other means: 151 (0%)
- Worked at home: 2,050 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Northfield township, Illinois:
- 1,276 people in nursing homes
- 190 people in religious group quarters
- 62 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 61 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 56 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 47 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 29 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 6 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
74.2% of residents of Northfield township speak English at home.
3.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
12.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
8.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 81,043- In family households: 72,629 (19,183 male householders, 4,282 female householders)
20,717 spouses, 25,484 children (24,204 natural, 783 adopted, 497 stepchildren), 459 grandchildren, 480 brothers or sisters, 507 parents, 875 other relatives, 642 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 8,414 (2,529 male householders (2,105 living alone)), 4,941 female householders (4,621 living alone)), 944 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,724 (1,303 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 10,281 2-persons, 4,722 3-persons, 5,143 4-persons, 2,363 5-persons, 765 6-persons, 191 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 6,726 1-person, 595 2-persons, 115 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 4 5-persons,
18,185 married couples with children.
2,021 single-parent households (401 men, 1,620 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,267
| Here: | 13.1% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 495
| Here: | 9.5% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 954
| Here: | 32.1% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |