Union Grove township, Whiteside County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (17% naturalized citizens)
| Union Grove township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
78% of Union Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 717
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 458
- South: 67
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $115,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 419
- One, attached: 24
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 24
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000
Housing units in Union Grove township with a mortgage: 207 (12 second mortgage, 56 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 141
- Metal and metal products (13%)
- Construction (11%)
- Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers (8%)
- Computer and electronic products (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Health care (17%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (20%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union Grove township:
- Dutch (42.1%)
- German (21.5%)
- Irish (7.3%)
- United States or American (6.5%)
- English (4.2%)
- Swedish (3.5%)
- French (except Basque) (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (83%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 579 (85%)
- Carpooled: 46 (7%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 43 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (40%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Electricity (18%)
- No fuel used (2%)
- Wood (1%)
95.8% of residents of Union Grove township speak English at home.
3.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,308- In family households: 1,210 (334 male householders, 34 female householders)
352 spouses, 422 children (384 natural, 18 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 13 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 98 (32 male householders (20 living alone)), 49 female householders (49 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 128 2-persons, 89 3-persons, 103 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 69 1-person, 12 2-persons,
276 married couples with children.
38 single-parent households (7 men, 31 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 27.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |