Highland township, Grundy County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (40% naturalized citizens)
| Highland township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
72% of Highland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 19% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 97% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 276
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 30
- South: 13
- West: 8
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 115
- One, attached: 2
Housing units in Highland township with a mortgage: 34 (2 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 31
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (13%)
- Machinery (11%)
- Health care (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (17%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (11%)
- Plant and system operators (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Librarians, curators, and archivists (15%)
- Registered nurses (14%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Art and design workers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Highland township:
- United States or American (31.1%)
- Italian (18.9%)
- German (13.2%)
- English (12.1%)
- Irish (9.3%)
- Norwegian (6.4%)
- Polish (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Japan (60%)
- Mexico (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 126 (85%)
- Carpooled: 4 (3%)
- Bicycle: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 5 (3%)
- Worked at home: 12 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
- Utility gas (41%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Electricity (2%)
98.7% of residents of Highland township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 332- In family households: 311 (81 male householders, 19 female householders)
93 spouses, 110 children (105 natural, 5 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 3 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 21 (3 male householders (3 living alone)), 18 female householders (18 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 36 2-persons, 24 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 9 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 21 1-person,
66 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (6 men, 12 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |