Burlington township, Kane County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (33% naturalized citizens)
| Burlington township: | 2.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
74% of Burlington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1504
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 123
- South: 31
- West: 40
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $76,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 594
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 18
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 12
- Mobile homes: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $219,400
Housing units in Burlington township with a mortgage: 270 (28 second mortgage, 44 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 116
- Construction (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (6%)
- Apparel, fabrics, and notions merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Carpenters (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Communications equipment operators (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Burlington township:
- German (39.6%)
- English (9.0%)
- Irish (7.8%)
- United States or American (6.8%)
- Polish (4.9%)
- Italian (4.2%)
- Dutch (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (19%)
- Germany (13%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (13%)
- Yugoslavia (13%)
- Korea (12%)
- Philippines (10%)
- Other Northern Europe (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 794 (81%)
- Carpooled: 86 (9%)
- Motorcycle: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 16 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 75 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (50%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Electricity (12%)
96.6% of residents of Burlington township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 48% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,767- In family households: 1,623 (443 male householders, 64 female householders)
425 spouses, 644 children (540 natural, 34 adopted, 70 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 19 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 144 (56 male householders (45 living alone)), 66 female householders (65 living alone)), 22 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 210 2-persons, 95 3-persons, 119 4-persons, 57 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 110 1-person, 6 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
395 married couples with children.
61 single-parent households (27 men, 34 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
| Here: | 6.5% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 11.2% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
| Here: | 21.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |