Troy Grove township, La Salle County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 10 (16% naturalized citizens)
| Troy Grove township: | 9.6% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
63% of Troy Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 996
- Northeast: 21
- Midwest: 73
- South: 63
- West: 15
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 341
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 1
- 3 or 4: 24
- 5 to 9: 41
- Mobile homes: 88
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Troy Grove township with a mortgage: 148 (19 second mortgage, 46 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 81
- Construction (16%)
- Truck transportation (13%)
- Printing and related support activities (8%)
- Warehousing and storage (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Construction (4%)
- Health and personal care, except drug, stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (17%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (18%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Troy Grove township:
- German (42.1%)
- United States or American (7.7%)
- Irish (6.4%)
- Polish (5.2%)
- English (3.7%)
- European (3.3%)
- Italian (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (74%)
- India (25%)
- Guatemala (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 455 (76%)
- Carpooled: 60 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 42 (7%)
- Other means: 9 (2%)
- Worked at home: 28 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
85.1% of residents of Troy Grove township speak English at home.
12.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 38% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,290- In family households: 1,153 (240 male householders, 84 female householders)
285 spouses, 453 children (419 natural, 13 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 40 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 137 (70 male householders (54 living alone)), 45 female householders (37 living alone)), 22 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 89 2-persons, 63 3-persons, 109 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 91 1-person, 24 2-persons,
272 married couples with children.
77 single-parent households (15 men, 62 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 39
| Here: | 22.8% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 27.5% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |