New Lenox township, Will County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (59% naturalized citizens)
| New Lenox township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
58% of New Lenox township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% 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: 25048
- Northeast: 494
- Midwest: 2026
- South: 943
- West: 442
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $215,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in New Lenox township, Illinois:
- 46 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in other group homes
- 6 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 5 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 4 people in religious group quarters
- 4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 8,372
- One, attached: 787
- Two: 36
- 3 or 4: 287
- 5 to 9: 257
- 10 to 19: 171
- Mobile homes: 80
Median worth of mobile homes: $156,900
Housing units in New Lenox township with a mortgage: 6,710 (616 second mortgage, 1,126 home equity loan, 31 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,633
- Construction (17%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (14%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in New Lenox township:
- German (23.4%)
- Irish (17.7%)
- Polish (13.0%)
- Italian (10.5%)
- English (4.6%)
- United States or American (3.4%)
- Swedish (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (23%)
- Poland (14%)
- Germany (10%)
- Korea (8%)
- Italy (7%)
- France (5%)
- Thailand (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 12,673 (84%)
- Carpooled: 833 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 24 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 15 (0%)
- Railroad: 875 (6%)
- Bicycle: 15 (0%)
- Walked: 100 (1%)
- Other means: 73 (0%)
- Worked at home: 414 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (93%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in New Lenox township, Illinois:
- 46 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in other group homes
- 6 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 5 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 4 people in religious group quarters
- 4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.9% of residents of New Lenox township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (79% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (63% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 29,660- In family households: 27,756 (7,218 male householders, 987 female householders)
7,386 spouses, 11,273 children (10,546 natural, 236 adopted, 491 stepchildren), 218 grandchildren, 84 brothers or sisters, 132 parents, 215 other relatives, 243 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,904 (760 male householders (562 living alone)), 743 female householders (666 living alone)), 401 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 70 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,686 2-persons, 1,808 3-persons, 2,186 4-persons, 1,048 5-persons, 379 6-persons, 98 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,228 1-person, 229 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
8,022 married couples with children.
884 single-parent households (230 men, 654 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 355
| Here: | 8.2% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 188
| Here: | 8.8% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 248
| Here: | 17.6% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |