Geneseo township, Henry County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (60% naturalized citizens)
| Geneseo township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
62% of Geneseo 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, 56% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5516
- Northeast: 48
- Midwest: 1124
- South: 307
- West: 157
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $61,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Geneseo township, Illinois:
- 75 people in nursing homes
- 39 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,523
- One, attached: 57
- Two: 158
- 3 or 4: 128
- 5 to 9: 69
- 10 to 19: 11
- 20 to 49: 12
- 50 or more: 110
- Mobile homes: 73
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,700
Housing units in Geneseo township with a mortgage: 1,108 (111 second mortgage, 84 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,004
- Construction (13%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Geneseo township:
- German (29.9%)
- Swedish (11.0%)
- English (10.6%)
- Belgian (9.6%)
- United States or American (9.6%)
- Irish (7.1%)
- Dutch (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (20%)
- Other Western Asia (17%)
- Greece (16%)
- Other Eastern Europe (11%)
- Other Western Europe (10%)
- Asia, n.e.c. (10%)
- Italy (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,028 (86%)
- Carpooled: 210 (6%)
- Bicycle: 35 (1%)
- Walked: 125 (4%)
- Other means: 20 (1%)
- Worked at home: 123 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (86%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
People in group quarters in Geneseo township, Illinois:
- 75 people in nursing homes
- 39 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.1% of residents of Geneseo township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,124- In family households: 6,110 (1,745 male householders, 297 female householders)
1,719 spouses, 2,140 children (1,963 natural, 90 adopted, 87 stepchildren), 23 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 32 parents, 44 other relatives, 93 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,014 (329 male householders (279 living alone)), 605 female householders (582 living alone)), 80 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 120 (113 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 987 2-persons, 403 3-persons, 414 4-persons, 169 5-persons, 46 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 861 1-person, 68 2-persons, 5 5-persons,
1,408 married couples with children.
304 single-parent households (81 men, 223 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 56
| Here: | 6.2% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 3.6% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |