Riley township, McHenry County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (57% naturalized citizens)
Riley township: | 7.1% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
57% of Riley township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1406
- Northeast: 54
- Midwest: 183
- South: 52
- West: 37
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $147,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 604
- One, attached: 22
- Two: 23
- 3 or 4: 16
- 5 to 9: 9
Housing units in Riley township with a mortgage: 300 (60 second mortgage, 45 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 116
- Construction (22%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (14%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Riley township:
- German (35.1%)
- Irish (8.9%)
- United States or American (8.7%)
- Polish (7.6%)
- Scottish (4.5%)
- Italian (3.4%)
- Swedish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (27%)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (19%)
- Yugoslavia (17%)
- Germany (16%)
- Poland (6%)
- Honduras (5%)
- France (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 770 (83%)
- Carpooled: 49 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Railroad: 14 (2%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 18 (2%)
- Worked at home: 67 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (50%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (4%)
86.4% of residents of Riley township speak English at home.
7.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
5.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (43% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,864- In family households: 1,709 (457 male householders, 88 female householders)
438 spouses, 623 children (578 natural, 31 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 44 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 155 (58 male householders (47 living alone)), 61 female householders (44 living alone)), 36 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 231 2-persons, 117 3-persons, 104 4-persons, 64 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 91 1-person, 22 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
377 married couples with children.
54 single-parent households (17 men, 37 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
Here: | 8.4% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 5.1% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
Here: | 12.9% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |