Green Garden township, Will County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
Green Garden township: | 2.0% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
59% of Green Garden township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 22% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2191
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 162
- South: 68
- West: 55
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $187,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
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
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 813
- One, attached: 19
- Mobile homes: 20
Housing units in Green Garden township with a mortgage: 409 (18 second mortgage, 122 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 159
- Construction (21%)
- Repair and maintenance (10%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Health care (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Carpenters (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (15%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other financial specialists (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Green Garden township:
- Irish (27.3%)
- German (25.6%)
- Polish (11.9%)
- Italian (9.4%)
- Dutch (3.9%)
- United States or American (3.5%)
- Swedish (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Greece (60%)
- Other Eastern Europe (30%)
- Yugoslavia (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 996 (75%)
- Carpooled: 143 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 12 (1%)
- Railroad: 44 (3%)
- Worked at home: 132 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (51%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (1%)
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
92.7% of residents of Green Garden township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
5.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,555- In family households: 2,399 (684 male householders, 30 female householders)
675 spouses, 880 children (823 natural, 23 adopted, 34 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 27 parents, 25 other relatives, 55 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 156 (52 male householders (30 living alone)), 51 female householders (26 living alone)), 53 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 9 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 261 2-persons, 98 3-persons, 215 4-persons, 100 5-persons, 40 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 56 1-person, 36 2-persons, 11 3-persons,
631 married couples with children.
41 single-parent households (15 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 24
Here: | 7.3% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 26
Here: | 21.0% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 21
Here: | 27.6% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |