Ridott township, Stephenson County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (70% naturalized citizens)
| Ridott township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
77% of Ridott township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 92% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1272
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 194
- South: 16
- West: 12
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 546
- One, attached: 10
- 3 or 4: 11
- 10 to 19: 17
- Mobile homes: 21
Median worth of mobile homes: $66,900
Housing units in Ridott township with a mortgage: 209 (20 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 92
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (13%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ridott township:
- German (55.9%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- English (5.7%)
- Swedish (5.3%)
- United States or American (4.7%)
- Italian (4.3%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (50%)
- Sweden (30%)
- Canada (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 647 (80%)
- Carpooled: 25 (3%)
- Subway or elevated: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 25 (3%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 101 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (48%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Wood (1%)
98.1% of residents of Ridott township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (44% speak English very well, 56% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,518- In family households: 1,333 (353 male householders, 41 female householders)
374 spouses, 545 children (501 natural, 14 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 185 (75 male householders (48 living alone)), 61 female householders (51 living alone)), 49 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 155 2-persons, 79 3-persons, 89 4-persons, 45 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 99 1-person, 25 2-persons, 12 3-persons,
344 married couples with children.
46 single-parent households (17 men, 29 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 19
| Here: | 15.4% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
| Here: | 19.5% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |