Homer township, Will County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (79% naturalized citizens)
Homer township: | 6.6% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
67% of Homer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 24% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 93% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 24320
- Northeast: 282
- Midwest: 1608
- South: 586
- West: 183
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $170,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
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
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
5 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 8,511
- One, attached: 567
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 28
- 5 to 9: 13
- 10 to 19: 44
- 50 or more: 14
- Mobile homes: 103
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,800
Housing units in Homer township with a mortgage: 6,818 (539 second mortgage, 1,371 home equity loan, 29 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,401
- Construction (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Health care (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Construction (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Homer township:
- Polish (22.2%)
- Irish (15.6%)
- German (15.4%)
- Italian (12.4%)
- English (4.3%)
- Lithuanian (3.6%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (24%)
- Other Eastern Europe (10%)
- Germany (9%)
- Italy (8%)
- Mexico (7%)
- Greece (5%)
- Korea (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 13,135 (87%)
- Carpooled: 876 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 14 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 5 (0%)
- Railroad: 446 (3%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 56 (0%)
- Other means: 74 (0%)
- Worked at home: 475 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (98%)
- Electricity (1%)
5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
5 people in religious group quarters
88.8% of residents of Homer township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
7.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (84% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 2% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 28,962- In family households: 27,581 (7,158 male householders, 848 female householders)
7,486 spouses, 11,056 children (10,461 natural, 261 adopted, 334 stepchildren), 293 grandchildren, 62 brothers or sisters, 166 parents, 355 other relatives, 157 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,381 (558 male householders (390 living alone)), 524 female householders (439 living alone)), 299 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 10 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,388 2-persons, 1,835 3-persons, 2,052 4-persons, 1,189 5-persons, 382 6-persons, 160 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 829 1-person, 217 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 4 5-persons,
7,765 married couples with children.
509 single-parent households (127 men, 382 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 419
Here: | 10.3% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 374
Here: | 19.0% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 332
Here: | 24.8% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |