St. Charles township, Kane County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (43% naturalized citizens)
| St. Charles township: | 6.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
55% of St. Charles township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% 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: 28174
- Northeast: 1940
- Midwest: 5756
- South: 2255
- West: 1091
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $216,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
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 St. Charles township, Illinois:
- 506 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 372 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 171 people in nursing homes
- 94 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 27 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 13 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 11,306
- One, attached: 1,211
- Two: 382
- 3 or 4: 495
- 5 to 9: 999
- 10 to 19: 346
- 20 to 49: 333
- 50 or more: 553
- Mobile homes: 55
Median worth of mobile homes: $133,800
Housing units in St. Charles township with a mortgage: 8,891 (890 second mortgage, 1,683 home equity loan, 16 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,025
- Construction (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Computer specialists (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)
- Business operations specialists (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in St. Charles township:
- German (23.6%)
- Irish (13.2%)
- Italian (8.8%)
- Polish (8.5%)
- English (8.0%)
- Swedish (4.4%)
- United States or American (4.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (34%)
- Canada (7%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
- Germany (5%)
- Philippines (4%)
- India (4%)
- Poland (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 18,204 (85%)
- Carpooled: 1,289 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 62 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 12 (0%)
- Railroad: 642 (3%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 23 (0%)
- Walked: 267 (1%)
- Other means: 61 (0%)
- Worked at home: 947 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (93%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in St. Charles township, Illinois:
- 506 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 372 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 171 people in nursing homes
- 94 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 27 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 13 people in religious group quarters
90.4% of residents of St. Charles township speak English at home.
5.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (74% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 40,871- In family households: 36,641 (9,731 male householders, 1,569 female householders)
9,767 spouses, 14,124 children (13,148 natural, 349 adopted, 627 stepchildren), 263 grandchildren, 187 brothers or sisters, 166 parents, 314 other relatives, 520 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 4,230 (1,615 male householders (1,274 living alone)), 1,934 female householders (1,693 living alone)), 681 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,188 (1,063 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,319 2-persons, 2,467 3-persons, 2,715 4-persons, 1,296 5-persons, 374 6-persons, 129 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,967 1-person, 524 2-persons, 33 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 13 5-persons,
9,958 married couples with children.
1,258 single-parent households (307 men, 951 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 591
| Here: | 10.6% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 251
| Here: | 8.1% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 245
| Here: | 15.4% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |