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Chemung township, McHenry County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 19 (15% naturalized citizens)

Chemung township:

18.8%
Whole state:

12.3%

52% of Chemung township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Illinois.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 5338
  • Northeast: 196
  • Midwest: 967
  • South: 366
  • West: 196

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $141,300


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%

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

24 people in nursing homes
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Chemung township, IL map Chemung township, Illinois satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $14,400


Housing units in Chemung township with a mortgage: 1,083 (108 second mortgage, 145 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 433

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 92
  • 1995 to 1998: 232
  • 1990 to 1994: 339
  • 1980 to 1989: 323
  • 1970 to 1979: 314
  • 1960 to 1969: 379
  • 1950 to 1959: 380
  • 1940 to 1949: 164
  • 1939 or earlier: 924

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Chemung township, Illinois:

  • 1 room: 9
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 67
  • 4 rooms: 106
  • 5 rooms: 424
  • 6 rooms: 388
  • 7 rooms: 380
  • 8 rooms: 235
  • 9 or more rooms: 194

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Chemung township, Illinois:

  • 1 room: 49
  • 2 rooms: 124
  • 3 rooms: 169
  • 4 rooms: 333
  • 5 rooms: 302
  • 6 rooms: 116
  • 7 rooms: 51
  • 8 rooms: 7
  • 9 or more rooms: 24

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Chemung township:

  • no bedroom: 9
  • 1 bedroom: 77
  • 2 bedrooms: 302
  • 3 bedrooms: 918
  • 4 bedrooms: 416
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 81

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Chemung township:

  • no bedroom: 78
  • 1 bedroom: 320
  • 2 bedrooms: 474
  • 3 bedrooms: 255
  • 4 bedrooms: 34
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 14

Cars and other vehicles available in Chemung township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 78
  • 1 vehicle: 392
  • 2 vehicles: 834
  • 3 vehicles: 372
  • 4 vehicles: 99
  • 5 or more vehicles: 28

Cars and other vehicles available in Chemung township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 106
  • 1 vehicle: 591
  • 2 vehicles: 387
  • 3 vehicles: 70
  • 4 vehicles: 9
  • 5 or more vehicles: 12

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Computer and electronic products (12%)
  • Construction (8%)
  • Metal and metal products (6%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (4%)
  • Machinery (4%)
  • Educational services (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Educational services (11%)
  • Health care (10%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Social assistance (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Machinery (5%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
  • Engineers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Chemung township:

  • German (26.2%)
  • Irish (9.1%)
  • English (4.8%)
  • Norwegian (4.1%)
  • United States or American (3.9%)
  • Italian (3.7%)
  • Swedish (2.5%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Mexico (85%)
  • Dominican Republic (2%)
  • Ukraine (2%)
  • China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (2%)
  • India (2%)
  • Guatemala (1%)
  • Pakistan (1%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (74%)
  • Electricity (18%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

24 people in nursing homes
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded

71.8% of residents of Chemung township speak English at home.
25.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (37% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (66% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 16% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 8,731

Size of family households: 805 2-persons, 465 3-persons, 443 4-persons, 262 5-persons, 122 6-persons, 115 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 682 1-person, 60 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 10 4-persons, 5 6-persons,

1,746 married couples with children.
520 single-parent households (161 men, 359 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 39
Here:

3.4%
Illinois:

13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
Here:

2.3%
Illinois:

11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 37
Here:

13.9%
Illinois:

25.8%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Chemung township:

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