Afton township, DeKalb County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Afton township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
84% of Afton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 527
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 57
- South: 24
- West: 16
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 228
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $85,000
Housing units in Afton township with a mortgage: 119 (7 second mortgage, 40 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 39
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (26%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Construction (9%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Educational services (32%)
- Health care (12%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (17%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations (4%)
- Electricians (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (15%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (12%)
- Registered nurses (11%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Afton township:
- German (34.1%)
- English (15.5%)
- Swedish (9.9%)
- Irish (8.9%)
- Norwegian (8.3%)
- United States or American (8.3%)
- Scandinavian (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 329 (80%)
- Carpooled: 60 (15%)
- Worked at home: 21 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (53%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
98.9% of residents of Afton township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 642- In family households: 580 (162 male householders, 19 female householders)
196 spouses, 158 children (130 natural, 9 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 32 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 62 (37 male householders (28 living alone)), 15 female householders (15 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 82 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 33 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 13 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 43 1-person, 8 2-persons, 1 3-persons,
129 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (2 men, 6 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 32.1% |
| 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% |