DeKalb township, DeKalb County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 9 (33% naturalized citizens)
| DeKalb township: | 9.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
34% of DeKalb township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 29527
- Northeast: 1001
- Midwest: 4249
- South: 2144
- West: 1066
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $135,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in DeKalb township, Illinois:
- 6,889 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 421 people in nursing homes
- 91 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in religious group quarters
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 6,020
- One, attached: 640
- Two: 998
- 3 or 4: 703
- 5 to 9: 2,224
- 10 to 19: 1,755
- 20 to 49: 910
- 50 or more: 1,350
- Mobile homes: 533
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,700
Housing units in DeKalb township with a mortgage: 3,763 (341 second mortgage, 545 home equity loan, 19 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,492
- Educational services (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Construction (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Educational services (28%)
- Health care (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Postsecondary teachers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Postsecondary teachers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in DeKalb township:
- German (21.0%)
- Irish (11.1%)
- English (5.8%)
- Italian (5.1%)
- Polish (4.7%)
- United States or American (4.0%)
- Swedish (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (36%)
- India (9%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
- Philippines (3%)
- Germany (3%)
- Korea (3%)
- Canada (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 14,831 (71%)
- Carpooled: 2,083 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 411 (2%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 9 (0%)
- Railroad: 70 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 30 (0%)
- Bicycle: 239 (1%)
- Walked: 2,460 (12%)
- Other means: 184 (1%)
- Worked at home: 467 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in DeKalb township, Illinois:
- 6,889 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 421 people in nursing homes
- 91 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in religious group quarters
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
85.0% of residents of DeKalb township speak English at home.
7.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
4.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (76% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 34,686- In family households: 23,089 (5,293 male householders, 2,124 female householders)
5,825 spouses, 8,215 children (7,546 natural, 290 adopted, 379 stepchildren), 138 grandchildren, 317 brothers or sisters, 95 parents, 357 other relatives, 725 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 11,597 (3,625 male householders (2,165 living alone)), 3,494 female householders (2,219 living alone)), 4,478 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 7,430 (421 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,180 2-persons, 1,743 3-persons, 1,457 4-persons, 640 5-persons, 311 6-persons, 86 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 4,384 1-person, 1,700 2-persons, 639 3-persons, 249 4-persons, 122 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
4,784 married couples with children.
1,848 single-parent households (397 men, 1,451 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 381
| Here: | 12.1% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 51
| Here: | 4.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 331
| Here: | 2.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |