Jackson township, Will County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (59% naturalized citizens)
| Jackson township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
60% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% 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: 3044
- Northeast: 47
- Midwest: 172
- South: 114
- West: 46
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $108,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,059
- One, attached: 153
- Two: 26
- 3 or 4: 26
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 82
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,100
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 645 (86 second mortgage, 66 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 315
- Construction (22%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (14%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- German (25.0%)
- Irish (16.2%)
- Italian (11.1%)
- Polish (8.3%)
- English (7.8%)
- United States or American (4.3%)
- Dutch (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (36%)
- Laos (16%)
- Poland (13%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Italy (9%)
- Vietnam (7%)
- Germany (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,563 (87%)
- Carpooled: 129 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (1%)
- Railroad: 8 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 14 (1%)
- Walked: 29 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 45 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (80%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
95.5% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 40% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (30% speak English well, 43% speak English not well, 26% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,532- In family households: 3,175 (869 male householders, 146 female householders)
891 spouses, 1,118 children (1,028 natural, 25 adopted, 65 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 27 parents, 35 other relatives, 36 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 357 (120 male householders (76 living alone)), 152 female householders (143 living alone)), 85 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 425 2-persons, 257 3-persons, 178 4-persons, 111 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 219 1-person, 35 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 3 4-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
730 married couples with children.
110 single-parent households (41 men, 69 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 69
| Here: | 18.6% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 37
| Here: | 26.8% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 22
| Here: | 15.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |