Wheatland township, Will County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 8 (51% naturalized citizens)
| Wheatland township: | 8.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
35% of Wheatland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 16% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 24557
- Northeast: 3590
- Midwest: 7084
- South: 3361
- West: 1782
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $214,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 12,238
- One, attached: 1,342
- Two: 18
- 3 or 4: 43
- 5 to 9: 35
- 10 to 19: 97
- 50 or more: 9
- Mobile homes: 6
Housing units in Wheatland township with a mortgage: 11,645 (861 second mortgage, 1,817 home equity loan, 24 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 616
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (3%)
- Health care (3%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Top executives (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (7%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wheatland township:
- German (20.3%)
- Irish (12.1%)
- Italian (11.6%)
- Polish (10.2%)
- English (5.9%)
- United States or American (3.0%)
- Swedish (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (18%)
- Mexico (10%)
- Canada (8%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
- Philippines (6%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
- Korea (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 16,555 (80%)
- Carpooled: 1,216 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 70 (0%)
- Railroad: 1,552 (7%)
- Taxi: 8 (0%)
- Bicycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 61 (0%)
- Other means: 123 (1%)
- Worked at home: 1,116 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (96%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
87.9% of residents of Wheatland township speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
4.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (73% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 44,349- In family households: 42,878 (10,520 male householders, 1,226 female householders)
11,197 spouses, 18,807 children (17,723 natural, 471 adopted, 613 stepchildren), 196 grandchildren, 171 brothers or sisters, 253 parents, 292 other relatives, 216 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,471 (654 male householders (498 living alone)), 528 female householders (421 living alone)), 289 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 2,634 2-persons, 2,569 3-persons, 3,869 4-persons, 1,998 5-persons, 501 6-persons, 175 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 919 1-person, 237 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 13 4-persons,
16,078 married couples with children.
808 single-parent households (185 men, 623 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 454
| Here: | 5.5% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 185
| Here: | 7.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 397
| Here: | 25.6% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |