Elizabeth township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (61% naturalized citizens)
| Elizabeth township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
61% of Elizabeth township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 696
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 214
- South: 14
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
48 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 394
- One, attached: 17
- Two: 29
- 3 or 4: 17
- 5 to 9: 6
- 10 to 19: 16
- Mobile homes: 17
Median worth of mobile homes: $127,500
Housing units in Elizabeth township with a mortgage: 101 (8 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 135
- Construction (26%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Construction (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Construction laborers (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other construction workers and helpers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (12%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elizabeth township:
- German (57.8%)
- English (12.7%)
- Irish (8.9%)
- Polish (3.7%)
- Italian (3.3%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
- United States or American (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (26%)
- Canada (26%)
- Poland (22%)
- Sweden (17%)
- Yugoslavia (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 406 (72%)
- Carpooled: 45 (8%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 38 (7%)
- Worked at home: 72 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (60%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
48 people in nursing homes
96.0% of residents of Elizabeth township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 925- In family households: 725 (242 male householders, 34 female householders)
217 spouses, 197 children (184 natural, 2 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 1 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 200 (83 male householders (73 living alone)), 101 female householders (98 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 48 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 159 2-persons, 75 3-persons, 28 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 171 1-person, 13 2-persons,
176 married couples with children.
40 single-parent households (8 men, 32 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): 1
| Here: | 1.4% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 8.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |