Reed township, Will County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (61% naturalized citizens)
| Reed township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
62% of Reed township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 86% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4984
- Northeast: 64
- Midwest: 435
- South: 330
- West: 121
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $157,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
22 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,804
- One, attached: 83
- Two: 45
- 3 or 4: 51
- 5 to 9: 20
- 20 to 49: 24
- Mobile homes: 562
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 34
Median worth of mobile homes: $56,700
Housing units in Reed township with a mortgage: 1,223 (147 second mortgage, 132 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 362
- Construction (20%)
- Utilities (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Reed township:
- German (23.2%)
- Italian (13.7%)
- Irish (11.9%)
- Polish (7.1%)
- English (6.1%)
- United States or American (5.9%)
- Czech (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (32%)
- Ireland (17%)
- Italy (11%)
- Germany (9%)
- Netherlands (8%)
- Other Eastern Europe (8%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,454 (88%)
- Carpooled: 239 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1 (0%)
- Railroad: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 25 (1%)
- Other means: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 33 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (82%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
22 people in other nonhousehold living situations
96.3% of residents of Reed township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,061- In family households: 5,460 (1,295 male householders, 390 female householders)
1,384 spouses, 2,132 children (1,923 natural, 45 adopted, 164 stepchildren), 83 grandchildren, 23 brothers or sisters, 23 parents, 59 other relatives, 71 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 601 (310 male householders (256 living alone)), 164 female householders (137 living alone)), 127 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 22 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 605 2-persons, 406 3-persons, 383 4-persons, 178 5-persons, 99 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 393 1-person, 60 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
1,325 married couples with children.
327 single-parent households (107 men, 220 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 43
| Here: | 5.3% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
| Here: | 3.2% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 27
| Here: | 10.9% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |