Onarga township, Iroquois County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 16 (18% naturalized citizens)
| Onarga township: | 15.9% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
66% of Onarga township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1324
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 95
- South: 69
- West: 27
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Onarga township, Illinois:
- 68 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 37 people in nursing homes
- 20 people in other workers' dormitories
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 602
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 16
- Mobile homes: 40
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Onarga township with a mortgage: 200 (9 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 182
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Food (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Health care (26%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Onarga township:
- German (19.9%)
- English (10.1%)
- United States or American (7.3%)
- Irish (5.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.1%)
- Italian (2.1%)
- Scottish (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (91%)
- Italy (2%)
- Germany (2%)
- United Kingdom (1%)
- Brazil (1%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (1%)
- Philippines (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 509 (67%)
- Carpooled: 161 (21%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 34 (4%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 48 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (78%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Onarga township, Illinois:
- 68 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 37 people in nursing homes
- 20 people in other workers' dormitories
72.7% of residents of Onarga township speak English at home.
26.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,694- In family households: 1,527 (358 male householders, 80 female householders)
353 spouses, 577 children (548 natural, 16 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 40 grandchildren, 29 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 55 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 167 (54 male householders (41 living alone)), 100 female householders (100 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 129 (108 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 171 2-persons, 93 3-persons, 74 4-persons, 40 5-persons, 36 6-persons, 24 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 141 1-person, 13 2-persons,
362 married couples with children.
101 single-parent households (35 men, 66 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 22
| Here: | 12.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 19
| Here: | 20.2% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |