Oak Park township, Cook County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Oak Park township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
71% of Oak Park township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 21% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1758
- Northeast: 195
- Midwest: 561
- South: 202
- West: 150
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
People in group quarters in Oak Park township, Illinois:
- 225 people in nursing homes
- 123 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 19 people in religious group quarters
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,037
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 17
- Mobile homes: 8
Housing units in Oak Park township with a mortgage: 667 (56 second mortgage, 73 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 263
- Health care (30%)
- Computer and electronic products (12%)
- Construction (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (37%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Physicians and surgeons (17%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (14%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Therapists (5%)
- Physicians and surgeons (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Oak Park township:
- German (25.9%)
- Norwegian (19.6%)
- Irish (10.2%)
- English (8.4%)
- United States or American (5.2%)
- Scottish (4.6%)
- Swedish (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (28%)
- Canada (21%)
- Netherlands (10%)
- Austria (8%)
- Vietnam (7%)
- Malaysia (5%)
- Other Northern Europe (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,217 (82%)
- Carpooled: 189 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 16 (1%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 54 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (67%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Electricity (5%)
People in group quarters in Oak Park township, Illinois:
- 225 people in nursing homes
- 123 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 19 people in religious group quarters
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.1% of residents of Oak Park township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,044- In family households: 2,846 (866 male householders, 109 female householders)
882 spouses, 957 children (911 natural, 29 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 198 (48 male householders (43 living alone)), 112 female householders (103 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 39 (17 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 482 2-persons, 202 3-persons, 158 4-persons, 112 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 146 1-person, 5 3-persons, 9 4-persons,
9,237 married couples with children.
2,633 single-parent households (393 men, 2,240 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 122
| Here: | 21.8% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 21
| Here: | 11.9% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |