Byron township, Ogle County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (37% naturalized citizens)
| Byron township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
51% of Byron township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4091
- Northeast: 227
- Midwest: 883
- South: 315
- West: 137
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
86 people in nursing homes
13 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,683
- One, attached: 42
- Two: 93
- 3 or 4: 146
- 5 to 9: 72
- 10 to 19: 28
- 20 to 49: 22
- 50 or more: 4
- Mobile homes: 29
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Byron township with a mortgage: 1,081 (85 second mortgage, 260 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 318
- Utilities (11%)
- Construction (11%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Byron township:
- German (31.0%)
- Irish (13.6%)
- English (9.3%)
- United States or American (8.8%)
- Swedish (7.2%)
- Italian (6.7%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (36%)
- Italy (18%)
- Mexico (17%)
- India (10%)
- Sweden (7%)
- Germany (7%)
- Venezuela (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,442 (88%)
- Carpooled: 135 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 40 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 154 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
86 people in nursing homes
13 people in religious group quarters
97.0% of residents of Byron township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,684- In family households: 5,158 (1,298 male householders, 280 female householders)
1,377 spouses, 1,987 children (1,713 natural, 74 adopted, 200 stepchildren), 77 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 56 other relatives, 70 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 526 (228 male householders (170 living alone)), 215 female householders (197 living alone)), 83 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 99 (87 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 599 2-persons, 294 3-persons, 455 4-persons, 162 5-persons, 49 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 367 1-person, 68 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
1,472 married couples with children.
300 single-parent households (68 men, 232 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 0.8% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 1.6% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 10.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |