Grant township, Lake County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (51% naturalized citizens)
| Grant township: | 5.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
52% of Grant township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 13193
- Northeast: 335
- Midwest: 1553
- South: 747
- West: 461
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $180,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Grant township, Illinois:
- 15 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 3 people in other workers' dormitories
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,659
- One, attached: 404
- Two: 154
- 3 or 4: 164
- 5 to 9: 318
- 10 to 19: 272
- 20 to 49: 177
- 50 or more: 238
- Mobile homes: 167
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 20
Median worth of mobile homes: $59,600
Housing units in Grant township with a mortgage: 3,579 (346 second mortgage, 506 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,046
- Construction (18%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Health care (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grant township:
- German (26.9%)
- Polish (13.2%)
- Irish (11.4%)
- Italian (8.1%)
- United States or American (5.8%)
- English (4.0%)
- Norwegian (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (28%)
- Philippines (9%)
- Poland (8%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Germany (6%)
- Canada (5%)
- Russia (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,580 (83%)
- Carpooled: 917 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 18 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 2 (0%)
- Railroad: 221 (2%)
- Bicycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 157 (2%)
- Worked at home: 261 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (91%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
People in group quarters in Grant township, Illinois:
- 15 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 3 people in other workers' dormitories
- 2 people in religious group quarters
91.7% of residents of Grant township speak English at home.
3.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
3.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (44% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 17,249- In family households: 14,677 (3,807 male householders, 904 female householders)
3,887 spouses, 5,088 children (4,715 natural, 88 adopted, 285 stepchildren), 233 grandchildren, 110 brothers or sisters, 148 parents, 242 other relatives, 258 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,572 (1,170 male householders (864 living alone)), 938 female householders (783 living alone)), 464 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 28 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,914 2-persons, 1,178 3-persons, 993 4-persons, 445 5-persons, 140 6-persons, 41 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,647 1-person, 420 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 11 4-persons,
3,180 married couples with children.
849 single-parent households (235 men, 614 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 248
| Here: | 12.4% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 71
| Here: | 7.8% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 89
| Here: | 18.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |