Douglas township, Iroquois County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (40% naturalized citizens)
| Douglas township: | 4.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
63% of Douglas township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% 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: 1751
- Northeast: 21
- Midwest: 137
- South: 83
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
54 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 785
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 41
- 3 or 4: 48
- 5 to 9: 14
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 41
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Douglas township with a mortgage: 265 (20 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 290
- Construction (14%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Gasoline stations (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Health care (30%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Gasoline stations (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Social assistance (2%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Douglas township:
- German (35.4%)
- United States or American (15.9%)
- English (8.7%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- French (except Basque) (4.8%)
- Dutch (2.8%)
- Polish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (72%)
- Germany (10%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Poland (2%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (2%)
- Korea (2%)
- Canada (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 795 (82%)
- Carpooled: 122 (13%)
- Subway or elevated: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 10 (1%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 32 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
54 people in nursing homes
92.9% of residents of Douglas township speak English at home.
6.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 17% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,062- In family households: 1,752 (443 male householders, 137 female householders)
464 spouses, 598 children (540 natural, 15 adopted, 43 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 26 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 310 (109 male householders (88 living alone)), 168 female householders (159 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 54 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 268 2-persons, 125 3-persons, 103 4-persons, 57 5-persons, 27 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 247 1-person, 27 2-persons, 3 4-persons,
365 married couples with children.
95 single-parent households (27 men, 68 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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: 8
| Here: | 14.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |