Chemung township, McHenry County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 19 (15% naturalized citizens)
Chemung township: | 18.8% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
52% of Chemung township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5338
- Northeast: 196
- Midwest: 967
- South: 366
- West: 196
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $141,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
24 people in nursing homes
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,989
- One, attached: 146
- Two: 353
- 3 or 4: 161
- 5 to 9: 346
- 10 to 19: 19
- 20 to 49: 53
- 50 or more: 19
- Mobile homes: 61
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,400
Housing units in Chemung township with a mortgage: 1,083 (108 second mortgage, 145 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 433
- Computer and electronic products (12%)
- Construction (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Health care (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Chemung township:
- German (26.2%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- English (4.8%)
- Norwegian (4.1%)
- United States or American (3.9%)
- Italian (3.7%)
- Swedish (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (85%)
- Dominican Republic (2%)
- Ukraine (2%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (2%)
- India (2%)
- Guatemala (1%)
- Pakistan (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,809 (67%)
- Carpooled: 882 (21%)
- Railroad: 31 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
- Bicycle: 26 (1%)
- Walked: 226 (5%)
- Other means: 39 (1%)
- Worked at home: 168 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
24 people in nursing homes
6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
71.8% of residents of Chemung township speak English at home.
25.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (37% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (66% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 16% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,731- In family households: 7,786 (1,779 male householders, 433 female householders)
1,854 spouses, 2,787 children (2,610 natural, 21 adopted, 156 stepchildren), 99 grandchildren, 145 brothers or sisters, 83 parents, 271 other relatives, 335 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 945 (452 male householders (397 living alone)), 321 female householders (285 living alone)), 172 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 30 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 805 2-persons, 465 3-persons, 443 4-persons, 262 5-persons, 122 6-persons, 115 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 682 1-person, 60 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 10 4-persons, 5 6-persons,
1,746 married couples with children.
520 single-parent households (161 men, 359 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 39
Here: | 3.4% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
Here: | 2.3% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 37
Here: | 13.9% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |