Channahon township, Will County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (87% naturalized citizens)
| Channahon township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
61% of Channahon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6974
- Northeast: 127
- Midwest: 615
- South: 325
- West: 87
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $91,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,363
- One, attached: 99
- Two: 22
- 3 or 4: 31
- 5 to 9: 10
- 10 to 19: 5
- Mobile homes: 167
Housing units in Channahon township with a mortgage: 1,781 (183 second mortgage, 388 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 369
- Construction (13%)
- Utilities (12%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Channahon township:
- German (22.5%)
- Irish (15.7%)
- Italian (11.6%)
- United States or American (8.1%)
- English (5.7%)
- Polish (4.9%)
- Norwegian (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (29%)
- Poland (15%)
- Other Eastern Europe (11%)
- Greece (10%)
- Iran (8%)
- Canada (8%)
- Philippines (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,516 (85%)
- Carpooled: 441 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (0%)
- Railroad: 23 (1%)
- Walked: 47 (1%)
- Worked at home: 89 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (90%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
97.1% of residents of Channahon township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (32% speak English very well, 49% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,247- In family households: 7,804 (1,943 male householders, 268 female householders)
1,998 spouses, 3,301 children (3,147 natural, 40 adopted, 114 stepchildren), 94 grandchildren, 37 brothers or sisters, 24 parents, 112 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 443 (206 male householders (150 living alone)), 149 female householders (130 living alone)), 88 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 584 2-persons, 509 3-persons, 636 4-persons, 347 5-persons, 99 6-persons, 36 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 280 1-person, 57 2-persons, 18 3-persons,
2,325 married couples with children.
274 single-parent households (97 men, 177 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 53
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 45
| Here: | 7.4% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 61
| Here: | 19.7% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |