Benton township, Lake County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (44% naturalized citizens)
| Benton township: | 5.5% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
60% of Benton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 37% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 11068
- Northeast: 555
- Midwest: 2670
- South: 1405
- West: 417
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $110,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Benton township, Illinois:
- 8 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,977
- One, attached: 106
- Two: 110
- 3 or 4: 20
- 5 to 9: 202
- 10 to 19: 133
- 20 to 49: 81
- Mobile homes: 721
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,600
Housing units in Benton township with a mortgage: 3,614 (356 second mortgage, 587 home equity loan, 15 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 786
- Construction (15%)
- Chemicals (9%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Health care (12%)
- Chemicals (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Benton township:
- German (19.7%)
- Irish (9.8%)
- Polish (7.0%)
- English (6.3%)
- United States or American (5.8%)
- Italian (4.2%)
- French (except Basque) (4.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (44%)
- Philippines (10%)
- Germany (8%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
- India (4%)
- Other Central America (3%)
- Canada (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,509 (84%)
- Carpooled: 971 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 28 (0%)
- Railroad: 72 (1%)
- Bicycle: 33 (0%)
- Walked: 36 (0%)
- Other means: 31 (0%)
- Worked at home: 212 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (89%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Benton township, Illinois:
- 8 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in other nonhousehold living situations
89.2% of residents of Benton township speak English at home.
7.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (72% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 17,213- In family households: 15,367 (3,838 male householders, 955 female householders)
3,916 spouses, 5,738 children (5,136 natural, 130 adopted, 472 stepchildren), 262 grandchildren, 96 brothers or sisters, 117 parents, 159 other relatives, 286 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,846 (699 male householders (565 living alone)), 763 female householders (652 living alone)), 384 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 16 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,795 2-persons, 1,115 3-persons, 1,127 4-persons, 466 5-persons, 216 6-persons, 74 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,217 1-person, 196 2-persons, 28 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 8 6-persons,
3,586 married couples with children.
847 single-parent households (178 men, 669 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 312
| Here: | 13.3% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 109
| Here: | 9.4% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 171
| Here: | 24.1% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |