Alden township, McHenry County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (56% naturalized citizens)
| Alden township: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
68% of Alden township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1141
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 242
- South: 72
- West: 26
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 585
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 9
- 5 to 9: 9
- 10 to 19: 5
Housing units in Alden township with a mortgage: 229 (28 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 91
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (16%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Health care (9%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Alden township:
- German (28.5%)
- Irish (12.9%)
- United States or American (12.9%)
- English (11.3%)
- Italian (7.3%)
- Polish (3.3%)
- Norwegian (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (38%)
- Other Eastern Europe (33%)
- Germany (8%)
- Taiwan (8%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Other Western Europe (4%)
- Canada (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 607 (76%)
- Carpooled: 70 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (1%)
- Railroad: 31 (4%)
- Walked: 12 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 66 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (50%)
- Utility gas (27%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
93.3% of residents of Alden township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,559- In family households: 1,462 (374 male householders, 40 female householders)
338 spouses, 527 children (461 natural, 10 adopted, 56 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 31 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 52 other relatives, 54 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 97 (44 male householders (28 living alone)), 35 female householders (35 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 134 2-persons, 62 3-persons, 114 4-persons, 64 5-persons, 33 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 63 1-person, 16 2-persons,
308 married couples with children.
33 single-parent households (20 men, 13 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 35
| Here: | 16.1% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
| Here: | 6.3% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 33.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |