Erie township, Whiteside County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (81% naturalized citizens)
| Erie township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
64% of Erie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1420
- Northeast: 30
- Midwest: 405
- South: 79
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $73,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 688
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 32
- 3 or 4: 40
- 5 to 9: 30
- Mobile homes: 21
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,400
Housing units in Erie township with a mortgage: 303 (32 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 259
- Construction (12%)
- Machinery (11%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Erie township:
- German (28.9%)
- English (12.5%)
- Irish (12.3%)
- United States or American (9.6%)
- Dutch (7.1%)
- Swedish (5.9%)
- Belgian (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (33%)
- Austria (15%)
- Other South Eastern Asia (11%)
- Germany (7%)
- Other Western Europe (7%)
- Philippines (7%)
- Syria (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 728 (82%)
- Carpooled: 121 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 20 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 16 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (67%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
97.6% of residents of Erie township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,986- In family households: 1,773 (502 male householders, 89 female householders)
458 spouses, 641 children (566 natural, 22 adopted, 53 stepchildren), 23 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 15 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 213 (72 male householders (65 living alone)), 124 female householders (117 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 291 2-persons, 112 3-persons, 113 4-persons, 51 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 182 1-person, 9 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
433 married couples with children.
68 single-parent households (24 men, 44 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 2.8% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 2.2% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 7.7% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |