Sycamore township, DeKalb County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (63% naturalized citizens)
| Sycamore township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
57% of Sycamore township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8094
- Northeast: 125
- Midwest: 1148
- South: 450
- West: 205
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $188,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
70 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
15 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,987
- One, attached: 105
- Two: 218
- 3 or 4: 211
- 5 to 9: 196
- 10 to 19: 32
- 20 to 49: 72
- 50 or more: 99
- Mobile homes: 105
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 29
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,400
Housing units in Sycamore township with a mortgage: 1,857 (179 second mortgage, 256 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 565
- Construction (13%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Health care (14%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sycamore township:
- German (29.5%)
- Irish (11.6%)
- English (9.1%)
- Swedish (8.0%)
- United States or American (7.7%)
- Italian (5.6%)
- Norwegian (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (33%)
- United Kingdom (13%)
- Ireland (11%)
- Germany (11%)
- Canada (10%)
- Korea (7%)
- India (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,698 (86%)
- Carpooled: 385 (7%)
- Bicycle: 52 (1%)
- Walked: 160 (3%)
- Other means: 24 (0%)
- Worked at home: 160 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (83%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
70 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
15 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.6% of residents of Sycamore township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,219- In family households: 8,847 (2,256 male householders, 501 female householders)
2,323 spouses, 3,356 children (3,158 natural, 24 adopted, 174 stepchildren), 64 grandchildren, 50 brothers or sisters, 66 parents, 75 other relatives, 156 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,372 (500 male householders (384 living alone)), 595 female householders (538 living alone)), 277 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 84 (71 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,026 2-persons, 696 3-persons, 653 4-persons, 268 5-persons, 79 6-persons, 35 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 922 1-person, 140 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 5 5-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
2,340 married couples with children.
486 single-parent households (128 men, 358 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 99
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 33
| Here: | 4.5% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 55
| Here: | 12.5% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |