Guilford township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (51% naturalized citizens)
| Guilford township: | 4.9% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
54% of Guilford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 20% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 405
- Northeast: 34
- Midwest: 406
- South: 80
- West: 46
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $187,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,009
- One, attached: 248
- 3 or 4: 18
- 5 to 9: 24
- 20 to 49: 24
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $65,000
Housing units in Guilford township with a mortgage: 179 (3 second mortgage, 39 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 108
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (17%)
- Finance and insurance (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Construction (9%)
- Health care (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (21%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (13%)
- Health care (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Other financial specialists (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (6%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Cashiers (14%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Guilford township:
- German (32.4%)
- English (17.6%)
- Irish (15.2%)
- Polish (9.4%)
- Italian (5.8%)
- United States or American (5.6%)
- Swedish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Romania (36%)
- United Kingdom (13%)
- Germany (11%)
- Mexico (11%)
- Netherlands (7%)
- Italy (7%)
- Cuba (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 338 (71%)
- Carpooled: 36 (8%)
- Walked: 31 (7%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 68 (14%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (82%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
94.6% of residents of Guilford township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English not well).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,021- In family households: 954 (302 male householders, 27 female householders)
336 spouses, 267 children (241 natural, 5 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 0 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 67 (18 male householders (12 living alone)), 39 female householders (39 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 201 2-persons, 57 3-persons, 43 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 51 1-person, 3 2-persons, 3 4-persons,
120 married couples with children.
12 single-parent households (7 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 5.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 17.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 22.2% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |