Richmond township, McHenry County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (75% naturalized citizens)
Richmond township: | 2.6% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
60% of Richmond township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3930
- Northeast: 110
- Midwest: 629
- South: 165
- West: 88
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $287,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,590
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 37
- 3 or 4: 32
- 5 to 9: 27
- 10 to 19: 35
- 20 to 49: 9
- 50 or more: 2
Housing units in Richmond township with a mortgage: 996 (87 second mortgage, 204 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 273
- Construction (21%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Health care (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (3%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Richmond township:
- German (33.7%)
- Irish (13.8%)
- Polish (8.9%)
- Italian (7.2%)
- United States or American (5.8%)
- English (5.8%)
- Swedish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (21%)
- Yugoslavia (21%)
- Mexico (21%)
- Japan (9%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Poland (5%)
- Sweden (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,221 (86%)
- Carpooled: 94 (4%)
- Railroad: 45 (2%)
- Walked: 82 (3%)
- Other means: 9 (0%)
- Worked at home: 120 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (83%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
95.3% of residents of Richmond township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,065- In family households: 4,701 (1,194 male householders, 171 female householders)
1,221 spouses, 1,916 children (1,786 natural, 37 adopted, 93 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 24 brothers or sisters, 40 parents, 49 other relatives, 65 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 364 (152 male householders (133 living alone)), 158 female householders (135 living alone)), 54 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 433 2-persons, 286 3-persons, 382 4-persons, 173 5-persons, 46 6-persons, 45 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 268 1-person, 39 2-persons, 3 5-persons,
1,299 married couples with children.
140 single-parent households (36 men, 104 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 61
Here: | 7.5% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
Here: | 4.5% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 21
Here: | 9.8% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |