Waddams township, Stephenson County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
Waddams township: | 1.8% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
70% of Waddams 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, 67% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 581
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 222
- South: 13
- West: 17
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 326
- Two: 6
- Mobile homes: 5
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $75,000
Housing units in Waddams township with a mortgage: 64 (10 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 81
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (24%)
- Food (8%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Construction (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Food (13%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (10%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (7%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (21%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Personal appearance workers (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Waddams township:
- German (59.4%)
- English (10.1%)
- Swiss (8.0%)
- United States or American (8.0%)
- Irish (4.3%)
- Norwegian (3.8%)
- Swedish (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (44%)
- Poland (31%)
- Other Western Europe (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 294 (70%)
- Carpooled: 60 (14%)
- Walked: 11 (3%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 50 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (61%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Wood (2%)
98.2% of residents of Waddams township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (36% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 36% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 849- In family households: 752 (225 male householders, 19 female householders)
208 spouses, 274 children (242 natural, 0 adopted, 32 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 16 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 97 (55 male householders (43 living alone)), 29 female householders (29 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 106 2-persons, 43 3-persons, 76 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 72 1-person, 12 2-persons,
205 married couples with children.
37 single-parent households (12 men, 25 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): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |