Saratoga township, Grundy County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (36% naturalized citizens)
| Saratoga township: | 3.5% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
46% of Saratoga township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3443
- Northeast: 82
- Midwest: 476
- South: 220
- West: 123
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $141,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
108 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 981
- One, attached: 215
- Two: 62
- 3 or 4: 142
- 5 to 9: 172
- 10 to 19: 65
- 20 to 49: 75
- 50 or more: 88
- Mobile homes: 32
Median worth of mobile homes: $51,300
Housing units in Saratoga township with a mortgage: 646 (70 second mortgage, 123 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 225
- Construction (13%)
- Chemicals (9%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Saratoga township:
- German (17.8%)
- Irish (16.6%)
- Norwegian (12.8%)
- Italian (7.4%)
- English (6.3%)
- United States or American (5.6%)
- Polish (3.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (47%)
- Philippines (10%)
- Other South America (8%)
- Canada (8%)
- Ireland (7%)
- Korea (7%)
- Germany (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,904 (87%)
- Carpooled: 164 (7%)
- Railroad: 14 (1%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 9 (0%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 85 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (71%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
108 people in nursing homes
94.1% of residents of Saratoga township speak English at home.
4.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,398- In family households: 3,638 (936 male householders, 242 female householders)
974 spouses, 1,323 children (1,242 natural, 36 adopted, 45 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 42 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 15 other relatives, 58 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 760 (287 male householders (211 living alone)), 314 female householders (285 living alone)), 159 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 108 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 503 2-persons, 267 3-persons, 259 4-persons, 112 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 496 1-person, 75 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 8 5-persons,
846 married couples with children.
229 single-parent households (49 men, 180 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 25
| Here: | 4.6% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 33
| Here: | 18.9% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |