Shabbona township, DeKalb County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (13% naturalized citizens)
| Shabbona township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
68% of Shabbona township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1218
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 117
- South: 47
- West: 39
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $108,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
66 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 445
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 41
- 3 or 4: 20
- 5 to 9: 22
- 10 to 19: 4
- Mobile homes: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $77,500
Housing units in Shabbona township with a mortgage: 168 (23 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 132
- Construction (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Rail transportation (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (15%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other financial specialists (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shabbona township:
- German (24.8%)
- Norwegian (16.7%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- English (8.0%)
- Swedish (7.4%)
- Italian (7.1%)
- United States or American (4.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (50%)
- Canada (25%)
- Other Eastern Europe (13%)
- Mexico (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 530 (78%)
- Carpooled: 68 (10%)
- Taxi: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 15 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 57 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
66 people in nursing homes
96.8% of residents of Shabbona township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (25% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,382- In family households: 1,228 (317 male householders, 71 female householders)
317 spouses, 477 children (432 natural, 20 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 18 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 154 (60 male householders (45 living alone)), 79 female householders (79 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 67 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 145 2-persons, 101 3-persons, 85 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 124 1-person, 15 2-persons,
328 married couples with children.
64 single-parent households (16 men, 48 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.2% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 5.1% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |