Felix township, Grundy County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (92% naturalized citizens)
| Felix township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
61% of Felix township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3336
- Northeast: 36
- Midwest: 209
- South: 162
- West: 92
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $105,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,208
- One, attached: 63
- Two: 41
- 3 or 4: 84
- 5 to 9: 21
- Mobile homes: 241
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,300
Housing units in Felix township with a mortgage: 538 (51 second mortgage, 67 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 447
- Construction (23%)
- Utilities (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electricians (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Felix township:
- German (24.5%)
- Italian (17.9%)
- Irish (14.6%)
- English (8.0%)
- Polish (5.7%)
- Norwegian (3.8%)
- Scottish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (18%)
- Germany (15%)
- Greece (12%)
- Other Eastern Europe (12%)
- Canada (12%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Austria (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,630 (87%)
- Carpooled: 140 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Taxi: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 18 (1%)
- Other means: 20 (1%)
- Worked at home: 63 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (84%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
97.3% of residents of Felix township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,919- In family households: 3,420 (911 male householders, 209 female householders)
882 spouses, 1,231 children (1,146 natural, 11 adopted, 74 stepchildren), 41 grandchildren, 24 brothers or sisters, 24 parents, 13 other relatives, 85 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 499 (176 male householders (129 living alone)), 212 female householders (183 living alone)), 111 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 520 2-persons, 261 3-persons, 176 4-persons, 134 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 312 1-person, 59 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 3 5-persons,
721 married couples with children.
224 single-parent households (60 men, 164 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 2.5% |
| 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: 31
| Here: | 23.8% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |