Shields township, Lake County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 8 (44% naturalized citizens)
| Shields township: | 7.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
34% of Shields township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 22% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 16% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 16210
- Northeast: 3753
- Midwest: 6421
- South: 8137
- West: 4512
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $245,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Shields township, Illinois:
- 10,431 people in military barracks, etc.
- 1,162 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 950 people in wards in military hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 272 people in other group homes
- 195 people in military disciplinary barracks
- 192 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 159 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 154 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 81 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 62 people in nursing homes
- 27 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 27 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 15 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 6 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 6,346
- One, attached: 1,123
- Two: 449
- 3 or 4: 941
- 5 to 9: 581
- 10 to 19: 557
- 20 to 49: 448
- 50 or more: 401
- Mobile homes: 213
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,100
Housing units in Shields township with a mortgage: 3,990 (309 second mortgage, 749 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,445
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Construction (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Top executives (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shields township:
- German (13.7%)
- Irish (11.2%)
- English (7.0%)
- Italian (5.6%)
- United States or American (5.1%)
- Polish (3.0%)
- Swedish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (23%)
- Philippines (15%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)
- Jamaica (4%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
- Iran (3%)
- Germany (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 10,436 (45%)
- Carpooled: 1,100 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 17 (0%)
- Railroad: 697 (3%)
- Taxi: 38 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 22 (0%)
- Walked: 5,732 (25%)
- Other means: 3,115 (14%)
- Worked at home: 1,875 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (84%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Shields township, Illinois:
- 10,431 people in military barracks, etc.
- 1,162 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 950 people in wards in military hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 272 people in other group homes
- 195 people in military disciplinary barracks
- 192 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 159 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 154 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 81 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 62 people in nursing homes
- 27 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 27 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 15 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 6 people in religious group quarters
86.3% of residents of Shields township speak English at home.
7.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 29,801- In family households: 26,735 (6,278 male householders, 1,576 female householders)
6,731 spouses, 10,680 children (9,867 natural, 260 adopted, 553 stepchildren), 417 grandchildren, 210 brothers or sisters, 99 parents, 360 other relatives, 384 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,066 (1,145 male householders (925 living alone)), 1,417 female householders (1,225 living alone)), 504 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 13,683 (1,679 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,706 2-persons, 1,646 3-persons, 1,874 4-persons, 1,038 5-persons, 356 6-persons, 234 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,150 1-person, 366 2-persons, 35 3-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
7,649 married couples with children.
1,438 single-parent households (273 men, 1,165 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 644
| Here: | 15.1% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 250
| Here: | 11.2% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,484
| Here: | 51.8% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |