Silver Creek township, Stephenson County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Silver Creek township: | 0.8% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
71% of Silver Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 606
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 79
- South: 13
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 257
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 85
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,300
Housing units in Silver Creek township with a mortgage: 102 (8 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 29
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (25%)
- Construction (15%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (10%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Public administration (14%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Health care (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (16%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Silver Creek township:
- German (63.2%)
- United States or American (8.9%)
- French (except Basque) (4.9%)
- Italian (4.0%)
- English (2.6%)
- Irish (2.6%)
- Dutch (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 282 (74%)
- Carpooled: 32 (8%)
- Walked: 6 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 55 (15%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (52%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Wood (2%)
97.3% of residents of Silver Creek township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 712- In family households: 673 (192 male householders, 29 female householders)
207 spouses, 229 children (206 natural, 23 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 39 (13 male householders (13 living alone)), 26 female householders (26 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 115 2-persons, 38 3-persons, 35 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 39 1-person,
138 married couples with children.
21 single-parent households (5 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |