Manhattan township, Will County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (44% naturalized citizens)
| Manhattan township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
60% of Manhattan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4848
- Northeast: 79
- Midwest: 302
- South: 196
- West: 46
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,561
- One, attached: 77
- Two: 26
- 3 or 4: 61
- 5 to 9: 107
- 10 to 19: 7
Housing units in Manhattan township with a mortgage: 1,109 (105 second mortgage, 191 home equity loan, 29 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 252
- Construction (22%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Manhattan township:
- German (26.2%)
- Irish (18.3%)
- Italian (10.9%)
- Polish (9.7%)
- United States or American (5.5%)
- Dutch (4.5%)
- English (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (32%)
- Egypt (22%)
- Philippines (17%)
- Ireland (11%)
- Canada (8%)
- Poland (7%)
- Italy (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,357 (85%)
- Carpooled: 204 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Railroad: 50 (2%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 33 (1%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 121 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (71%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
95.8% of residents of Manhattan township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 10% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,607- In family households: 5,195 (1,290 male householders, 164 female householders)
1,346 spouses, 2,185 children (2,053 natural, 54 adopted, 78 stepchildren), 52 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 35 parents, 41 other relatives, 62 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 412 (182 male householders (144 living alone)), 167 female householders (159 living alone)), 63 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 401 2-persons, 360 3-persons, 381 4-persons, 213 5-persons, 67 6-persons, 32 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 303 1-person, 36 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
1,537 married couples with children.
175 single-parent households (52 men, 123 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 116
| Here: | 13.6% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 32
| Here: | 7.5% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 53
| Here: | 19.1% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |