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Lyons township, Cook County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 14 (44% naturalized citizens)

Lyons township:

14.1%
Whole state:

12.3%

64% of Lyons township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Illinois.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 77902
  • Northeast: 2521
  • Midwest: 6861
  • South: 4475
  • West: 1356

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $208,900


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

People in group quarters in Lyons township, Illinois:

  • 1,001 people in nursing homes
  • 193 people in other nonhousehold living situations
  • 73 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 43 people in other group homes
  • 37 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
  • 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 2 people in religious group quarters
Lyons township, IL map Lyons township, Illinois satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $20,000


Housing units in Lyons township with a mortgage: 16,419 (1,293 second mortgage, 2,430 home equity loan, 101 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7,553

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 489
  • 1995 to 1998: 1,643
  • 1990 to 1994: 1,632
  • 1980 to 1989: 3,780
  • 1970 to 1979: 7,547
  • 1960 to 1969: 7,447
  • 1950 to 1959: 8,786
  • 1940 to 1949: 3,989
  • 1939 or earlier: 6,929

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Lyons township, Illinois:

  • 1 room: 39
  • 2 rooms: 146
  • 3 rooms: 727
  • 4 rooms: 3,221
  • 5 rooms: 6,179
  • 6 rooms: 6,952
  • 7 rooms: 5,241
  • 8 rooms: 3,637
  • 9 or more rooms: 3,780

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lyons township, Illinois:

  • 1 room: 372
  • 2 rooms: 762
  • 3 rooms: 1,969
  • 4 rooms: 3,765
  • 5 rooms: 2,431
  • 6 rooms: 740
  • 7 rooms: 329
  • 8 rooms: 97
  • 9 or more rooms: 66

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lyons township:

  • no bedroom: 133
  • 1 bedroom: 815
  • 2 bedrooms: 7,255
  • 3 bedrooms: 14,263
  • 4 bedrooms: 5,854
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 1,602

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lyons township:

  • no bedroom: 456
  • 1 bedroom: 2,889
  • 2 bedrooms: 5,288
  • 3 bedrooms: 1,655
  • 4 bedrooms: 221
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 22

Cars and other vehicles available in Lyons township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 1,168
  • 1 vehicle: 8,970
  • 2 vehicles: 14,167
  • 3 vehicles: 4,335
  • 4 vehicles: 852
  • 5 or more vehicles: 430

Cars and other vehicles available in Lyons township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 1,502
  • 1 vehicle: 5,277
  • 2 vehicles: 3,071
  • 3 vehicles: 531
  • 4 vehicles: 49
  • 5 or more vehicles: 101

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (10%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Metal and metal products (4%)
  • Truck transportation (4%)
  • Accommodation and food services (4%)
  • Health care (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (14%)
  • Educational services (11%)
  • Finance and insurance (8%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
  • Social assistance (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Registered nurses (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Lyons township:

  • Polish (15.3%)
  • Irish (14.1%)
  • German (12.1%)
  • Italian (8.7%)
  • English (3.8%)
  • Czech (3.7%)
  • United States or American (3.1%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Mexico (30%)
  • Poland (20%)
  • Other Eastern Europe (7%)
  • Yugoslavia (6%)
  • Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (3%)
  • Germany (2%)
  • Philippines (2%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (90%)
  • Electricity (9%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

People in group quarters in Lyons township, Illinois:

  • 1,001 people in nursing homes
  • 193 people in other nonhousehold living situations
  • 73 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 43 people in other group homes
  • 37 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
  • 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 2 people in religious group quarters

78.0% of residents of Lyons township speak English at home.
9.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
10.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (55% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other language at home (62% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 107,901

Size of family households: 11,002 2-persons, 6,428 3-persons, 6,098 4-persons, 3,296 5-persons, 1,184 6-persons, 641 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 10,073 1-person, 1,518 2-persons, 161 3-persons, 39 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 23 6-persons,

21,744 married couples with children.
4,593 single-parent households (1,045 men, 3,548 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2,261
Here:

17.3%
Illinois:

13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 957
Here:

16.7%
Illinois:

11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,040
Here:

24.8%
Illinois:

25.8%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Lyons township:

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