Owen township, Winnebago County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (73% naturalized citizens)
| Owen township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
74% of Owen township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% 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: 2373
- Northeast: 82
- Midwest: 554
- South: 141
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $114,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Owen township, Illinois:
- 114 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 60 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 53 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,216
- One, attached: 7
- 20 to 49: 28
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Owen township with a mortgage: 720 (75 second mortgage, 138 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 232
- Construction (12%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Engineers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Owen township:
- German (27.1%)
- Italian (12.9%)
- Swedish (10.6%)
- Irish (8.2%)
- United States or American (7.2%)
- English (6.6%)
- Polish (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (46%)
- Austria (31%)
- France (23%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,426 (90%)
- Carpooled: 75 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 52 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Owen township, Illinois:
- 114 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 60 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 53 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
96.6% of residents of Owen township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (48% speak English very well, 52% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,981- In family households: 2,794 (893 male householders, 110 female householders)
888 spouses, 796 children (763 natural, 13 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 47 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 15 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 187 (94 male householders (73 living alone)), 57 female householders (46 living alone)), 36 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 227 (111 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 503 2-persons, 275 3-persons, 165 4-persons, 53 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 119 1-person, 32 2-persons,
544 married couples with children.
90 single-parent households (27 men, 63 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 140
| Here: | 42.7% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 114
| Here: | 38.1% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 40
| Here: | 28.8% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |