Dakota township, Stephenson County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Dakota township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
76% of Dakota township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 622
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 155
- South: 2
- West: 9
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 284
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 18
- 5 to 9: 13
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,300
Housing units in Dakota township with a mortgage: 114 (12 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 68
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Construction (12%)
- Plastics and rubber products (10%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (10%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Health care (14%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dakota township:
- German (61.4%)
- United States or American (10.7%)
- English (5.5%)
- Irish (3.8%)
- European (3.5%)
- Norwegian (2.9%)
- Polish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Western Europe (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 371 (83%)
- Carpooled: 22 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 16 (4%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 34 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (2%)
98.1% of residents of Dakota township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 797- In family households: 711 (205 male householders, 29 female householders)
196 spouses, 232 children (209 natural, 3 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 3 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 86 (34 male householders (30 living alone)), 45 female householders (45 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 120 2-persons, 26 3-persons, 46 4-persons, 34 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 75 1-person, 4 2-persons,
184 married couples with children.
37 single-parent households (15 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1
Here: | 3.0% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |