Du Page township, Will County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 13 (41% naturalized citizens)
| Du Page township: | 12.6% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
58% of Du Page township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 46932
- Northeast: 2285
- Midwest: 6790
- South: 4510
- West: 1618
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $123,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Du Page township, Illinois:
- 270 people in nursing homes
- 7 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 17,245
- One, attached: 4,054
- Two: 33
- 3 or 4: 247
- 5 to 9: 275
- 10 to 19: 399
- 20 to 49: 462
- 50 or more: 862
- Mobile homes: 39
Median worth of mobile homes: $94,200
Housing units in Du Page township with a mortgage: 17,021 (1,929 second mortgage, 2,801 home equity loan, 56 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,926
- Construction (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Du Page township:
- German (16.1%)
- Irish (10.2%)
- Polish (8.7%)
- Italian (7.0%)
- English (3.5%)
- United States or American (3.2%)
- Czech (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (36%)
- Philippines (12%)
- India (7%)
- Ghana (4%)
- Poland (3%)
- Pakistan (3%)
- Germany (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 29,824 (82%)
- Carpooled: 3,393 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 243 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 13 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 47 (0%)
- Railroad: 1,275 (3%)
- Taxi: 6 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Bicycle: 48 (0%)
- Walked: 358 (1%)
- Other means: 203 (1%)
- Worked at home: 1,130 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (96%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Du Page township, Illinois:
- 270 people in nursing homes
- 7 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 2 people in religious group quarters
81.3% of residents of Du Page township speak English at home.
9.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
4.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (78% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 71,468- In family households: 66,369 (15,246 male householders, 3,502 female householders)
15,637 spouses, 26,427 children (24,299 natural, 765 adopted, 1,363 stepchildren), 1,327 grandchildren, 645 brothers or sisters, 487 parents, 1,585 other relatives, 1,513 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 5,099 (2,064 male householders (1,615 living alone)), 2,069 female householders (1,810 living alone)), 966 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 277 (268 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 5,534 2-persons, 4,151 3-persons, 4,885 4-persons, 2,568 5-persons, 1,105 6-persons, 505 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,425 1-person, 575 2-persons, 86 3-persons, 38 4-persons, 5 5-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
17,264 married couples with children.
3,219 single-parent households (797 men, 2,422 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 879
| Here: | 8.6% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 248
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 802
| Here: | 26.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |