Morris township, Grundy County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (19% naturalized citizens)
| Morris township: | 5.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
47% of Morris township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5813
- Northeast: 107
- Midwest: 616
- South: 382
- West: 349
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $98,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
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
180 people in nursing homes
46 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,177
- One, attached: 122
- Two: 217
- 3 or 4: 207
- 5 to 9: 229
- 10 to 19: 129
- 20 to 49: 94
- 50 or more: 141
- Mobile homes: 60
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Morris township with a mortgage: 1,119 (81 second mortgage, 149 home equity loan, 15 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 505
- Construction (13%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Morris township:
- Irish (17.6%)
- German (14.3%)
- Norwegian (12.9%)
- United States or American (9.1%)
- Italian (7.0%)
- English (5.6%)
- Polish (4.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (86%)
- Italy (5%)
- India (3%)
- Germany (2%)
- Austria (1%)
- Poland (1%)
- France (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,155 (83%)
- Carpooled: 389 (10%)
- Railroad: 48 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (0%)
- Bicycle: 24 (1%)
- Walked: 116 (3%)
- Worked at home: 76 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (86%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
180 people in nursing homes
46 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
91.0% of residents of Morris township speak English at home.
7.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (43% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,478- In family households: 5,995 (1,562 male householders, 372 female householders)
1,582 spouses, 2,142 children (1,870 natural, 33 adopted, 239 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 32 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 116 other relatives, 126 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,483 (648 male householders (521 living alone)), 597 female householders (530 living alone)), 238 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 231 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 818 2-persons, 488 3-persons, 374 4-persons, 168 5-persons, 54 6-persons, 32 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,051 1-person, 168 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 6 5-persons,
1,311 married couples with children.
417 single-parent households (110 men, 307 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 89
| Here: | 10.7% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 0.7% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 82
| Here: | 21.5% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |