Seneca township, McHenry County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (61% naturalized citizens)
Seneca township: | 6.1% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
71% of Seneca township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2223
- Northeast: 95
- Midwest: 273
- South: 86
- West: 75
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $275,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 924
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 13
- Mobile homes: 7
Housing units in Seneca township with a mortgage: 514 (39 second mortgage, 66 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 119
- Construction (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Construction (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Seneca township:
- German (26.4%)
- Polish (15.0%)
- Irish (12.4%)
- Italian (9.8%)
- English (4.5%)
- Norwegian (3.3%)
- United States or American (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (63%)
- Poland (9%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Germany (6%)
- Korea (6%)
- Italy (4%)
- Other Eastern Europe (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,152 (80%)
- Carpooled: 101 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (1%)
- Railroad: 42 (3%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 125 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (45%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (1%)
16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
90.8% of residents of Seneca township speak English at home.
5.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (25% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 44% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).
3.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (52% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,892- In family households: 2,790 (690 male householders, 104 female householders)
727 spouses, 1,112 children (1,078 natural, 17 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 29 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 82 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 102 (54 male householders (47 living alone)), 43 female householders (43 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 26 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 248 2-persons, 174 3-persons, 172 4-persons, 113 5-persons, 51 6-persons, 36 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 90 1-person, 7 2-persons,
641 married couples with children.
48 single-parent households (18 men, 30 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 121
Here: | 27.6% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 30
Here: | 11.8% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 6.5% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |