Shirland township, Winnebago County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (64% naturalized citizens)
| Shirland township: | 3.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
72% of Shirland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 670
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 285
- South: 70
- West: 42
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $57,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 389
- Mobile homes: 19
Median worth of mobile homes: $58,300
Housing units in Shirland township with a mortgage: 188 (16 second mortgage, 43 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 47
- Construction (20%)
- Machinery (11%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Engineers (8%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shirland township:
- German (28.1%)
- English (12.4%)
- Norwegian (10.1%)
- Swedish (8.7%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- United States or American (5.5%)
- Dutch (4.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (36%)
- Netherlands (18%)
- Yugoslavia (12%)
- Germany (9%)
- Italy (9%)
- Ecuador (9%)
- Korea (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 487 (85%)
- Carpooled: 62 (11%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 16 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (56%)
- Utility gas (29%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.1% of residents of Shirland township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,108- In family households: 1,017 (285 male householders, 39 female householders)
309 spouses, 353 children (318 natural, 0 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 6 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 91 (40 male householders (31 living alone)), 29 female householders (26 living alone)), 22 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 121 2-persons, 82 3-persons, 74 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 57 1-person, 7 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
255 married couples with children.
25 single-parent households (7 men, 18 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 4.1% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 21
| Here: | 21.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 25.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |