Wesley township, Will County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Wesley township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
68% of Wesley township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2186
- Northeast: 43
- Midwest: 175
- South: 140
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $80,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
200 people in state prisons
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 867
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 19
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500
Housing units in Wesley township with a mortgage: 399 (74 second mortgage, 48 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 196
- Construction (21%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Paper (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Business operations specialists (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Bus drivers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wesley township:
- German (18.0%)
- United States or American (13.6%)
- Irish (13.1%)
- Polish (9.2%)
- English (8.7%)
- Italian (6.4%)
- Norwegian (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Austria (27%)
- Canada (27%)
- Germany (23%)
- Mexico (23%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 941 (86%)
- Carpooled: 64 (6%)
- Railroad: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 21 (2%)
- Worked at home: 62 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Wood (4%)
200 people in state prisons
97.0% of residents of Wesley township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,399- In family households: 2,209 (560 male householders, 90 female householders)
534 spouses, 862 children (788 natural, 17 adopted, 57 stepchildren), 60 grandchildren, 25 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 38 other relatives, 35 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 190 (104 male householders (86 living alone)), 60 female householders (51 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 198 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 244 2-persons, 138 3-persons, 157 4-persons, 51 5-persons, 54 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 137 1-person, 27 2-persons,
536 married couples with children.
98 single-parent households (46 men, 52 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 6.8% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
| Here: | 14.6% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |