Wilmington township, Will County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (91% naturalized citizens)
| Wilmington township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
57% of Wilmington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5106
- Northeast: 87
- Midwest: 280
- South: 344
- West: 129
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Wilmington township, Illinois:
- 119 people in nursing homes
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,008
- One, attached: 98
- Two: 119
- 3 or 4: 95
- 5 to 9: 186
- 10 to 19: 16
- 20 to 49: 21
- 50 or more: 9
- Mobile homes: 102
Median worth of mobile homes: $39,800
Housing units in Wilmington township with a mortgage: 1,012 (155 second mortgage, 89 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 514
- Construction (21%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Paper (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Electricians (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wilmington township:
- German (22.1%)
- Irish (16.5%)
- Italian (10.0%)
- English (8.8%)
- Polish (7.6%)
- United States or American (6.9%)
- Dutch (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (34%)
- Mexico (29%)
- Germany (18%)
- Poland (9%)
- Yugoslavia (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,501 (90%)
- Carpooled: 175 (6%)
- Railroad: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 10 (0%)
- Worked at home: 70 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
People in group quarters in Wilmington township, Illinois:
- 119 people in nursing homes
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in religious group quarters
97.0% of residents of Wilmington township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,914- In family households: 4,899 (1,319 male householders, 281 female householders)
1,252 spouses, 1,805 children (1,647 natural, 35 adopted, 123 stepchildren), 36 grandchildren, 38 brothers or sisters, 42 parents, 74 other relatives, 52 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,015 (414 male householders (331 living alone)), 403 female householders (353 living alone)), 198 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 136 (126 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 692 2-persons, 335 3-persons, 361 4-persons, 155 5-persons, 57 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 684 1-person, 91 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 5 4-persons, 7 5-persons,
1,109 married couples with children.
290 single-parent households (73 men, 217 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 38
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 56
| Here: | 16.4% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 39
| Here: | 17.2% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |