Genoa township, DeKalb County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (24% naturalized citizens)
| Genoa township: | 6.9% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
55% of Genoa township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 86% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4300
- Northeast: 124
- Midwest: 322
- South: 117
- West: 140
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $127,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,498
- One, attached: 62
- Two: 79
- 3 or 4: 188
- 5 to 9: 73
- 10 to 19: 12
- Mobile homes: 104
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,700
Housing units in Genoa township with a mortgage: 972 (134 second mortgage, 158 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 245
- Construction (23%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (12%)
- Computer and electronic products (10%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Genoa township:
- German (32.7%)
- Irish (12.3%)
- English (8.8%)
- United States or American (5.7%)
- Italian (5.0%)
- Polish (4.8%)
- Norwegian (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (83%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Ireland (5%)
- Ethiopia (2%)
- Austria (2%)
- Canada (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,114 (83%)
- Carpooled: 233 (9%)
- Railroad: 19 (1%)
- Bicycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 74 (3%)
- Other means: 28 (1%)
- Worked at home: 75 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
89.2% of residents of Genoa township speak English at home.
9.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 29% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,369- In family households: 4,884 (1,180 male householders, 322 female householders)
1,226 spouses, 1,875 children (1,704 natural, 23 adopted, 148 stepchildren), 56 grandchildren, 43 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 89 other relatives, 82 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 485 (219 male householders (211 living alone)), 218 female householders (199 living alone)), 48 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 595 2-persons, 313 3-persons, 350 4-persons, 154 5-persons, 61 6-persons, 29 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 410 1-person, 18 2-persons, 9 3-persons,
1,230 married couples with children.
281 single-parent households (73 men, 208 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 50
| Here: | 6.8% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 30
| Here: | 8.5% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |