Otto township, Kankakee County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Otto township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
70% of Otto township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2079
- Northeast: 55
- Midwest: 148
- South: 122
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 699
- One, attached: 20
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 6
- 10 to 19: 7
- Mobile homes: 183
Median worth of mobile homes: $11,800
Housing units in Otto township with a mortgage: 310 (46 second mortgage, 60 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 190
- Construction (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Otto township:
- German (33.9%)
- French (except Basque) (14.0%)
- Irish (11.0%)
- United States or American (6.0%)
- French Canadian (4.7%)
- Swedish (3.9%)
- English (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (77%)
- Mexico (23%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,019 (84%)
- Carpooled: 110 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Railroad: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 9 (1%)
- Walked: 12 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 50 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
99.6% of residents of Otto township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,437- In family households: 2,179 (548 male householders, 148 female householders)
553 spouses, 801 children (765 natural, 21 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 48 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 18 other relatives, 49 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 258 (93 male householders (81 living alone)), 121 female householders (101 living alone)), 44 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 286 2-persons, 150 3-persons, 152 4-persons, 66 5-persons, 42 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 182 1-person, 30 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
462 married couples with children.
102 single-parent households (29 men, 73 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 27
| Here: | 8.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 25
| Here: | 16.4% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 25
| Here: | 27.2% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |