Algonquin township, McHenry County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Algonquin township: | 6.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
58% of Algonquin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 60794
- Northeast: 3400
- Midwest: 10558
- South: 3451
- West: 2089
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $161,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
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
People in group quarters in Algonquin township, Illinois:
- 72 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 19 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 15 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 23,361
- One, attached: 3,397
- Two: 353
- 3 or 4: 458
- 5 to 9: 1,214
- 10 to 19: 934
- 20 to 49: 183
- 50 or more: 78
- Mobile homes: 180
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,200
Housing units in Algonquin township with a mortgage: 20,612 (2,111 second mortgage, 3,396 home equity loan, 112 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,391
- Construction (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (12%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Computer and electronic products (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Algonquin township:
- German (26.3%)
- Irish (13.3%)
- Polish (11.3%)
- Italian (9.8%)
- English (6.0%)
- United States or American (3.5%)
- Swedish (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (31%)
- Poland (13%)
- Germany (8%)
- Philippines (6%)
- Canada (5%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
- Greece (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 37,436 (84%)
- Carpooled: 2,927 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 56 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 54 (0%)
- Railroad: 1,735 (4%)
- Taxi: 16 (0%)
- Bicycle: 88 (0%)
- Walked: 384 (1%)
- Other means: 244 (1%)
- Worked at home: 1,761 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (92%)
- Electricity (7%)
People in group quarters in Algonquin township, Illinois:
- 72 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 19 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 15 people in religious group quarters
90.3% of residents of Algonquin township speak English at home.
4.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
4.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (75% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 86,113- In family households: 78,676 (19,759 male householders, 3,563 female householders)
20,570 spouses, 31,782 children (29,659 natural, 701 adopted, 1,422 stepchildren), 559 grandchildren, 308 brothers or sisters, 346 parents, 950 other relatives, 839 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 7,437 (2,802 male householders (2,159 living alone)), 3,313 female householders (2,865 living alone)), 1,322 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 106 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 7,703 2-persons, 5,221 3-persons, 6,114 4-persons, 3,077 5-persons, 905 6-persons, 302 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 5,024 1-person, 952 2-persons, 74 3-persons, 36 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
23,120 married couples with children.
2,894 single-parent households (629 men, 2,265 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,229
| Here: | 9.7% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 257
| Here: | 4.6% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 474
| Here: | 15.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |