Evanston township, Cook County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 15 (38% naturalized citizens)
| Evanston township: | 15.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
46% of Evanston township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 18% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 35821
- Northeast: 6074
- Midwest: 10029
- South: 7118
- West: 2862
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $185,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
People in group quarters in Evanston township, Illinois:
- 5,396 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 730 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 559 people in nursing homes
- 104 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 103 people in other group homes
- 41 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 21 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 10 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 9,799
- One, attached: 1,519
- Two: 2,880
- 3 or 4: 1,700
- 5 to 9: 2,606
- 10 to 19: 3,149
- 20 to 49: 5,558
- 50 or more: 3,578
- Mobile homes: 28
Median worth of mobile homes: $273,500
Housing units in Evanston township with a mortgage: 7,096 (589 second mortgage, 1,300 home equity loan, 41 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,501
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (17%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Health care (5%)
- Construction (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Educational services (24%)
- Health care (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Postsecondary teachers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Lawyers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Postsecondary teachers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Media and communication equipment workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Evanston township:
- German (11.6%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- English (6.2%)
- Polish (4.2%)
- Italian (3.6%)
- Russian (3.3%)
- United States or American (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Jamaica (13%)
- Mexico (13%)
- India (5%)
- Haiti (5%)
- Philippines (4%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)
- Other Central America (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 20,095 (53%)
- Carpooled: 3,121 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1,218 (3%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 29 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 2,944 (8%)
- Railroad: 2,586 (7%)
- Ferryboat: 10 (0%)
- Taxi: 124 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Bicycle: 630 (2%)
- Walked: 4,388 (12%)
- Other means: 212 (1%)
- Worked at home: 2,294 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (82%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Evanston township, Illinois:
- 5,396 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 730 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 559 people in nursing homes
- 104 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 103 people in other group homes
- 41 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 21 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 10 people in religious group quarters
81.8% of residents of Evanston township speak English at home.
6.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
7.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
3.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (73% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (83% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 67,270- In family households: 49,635 (10,618 male householders, 5,446 female householders)
12,215 spouses, 16,877 children (15,834 natural, 678 adopted, 365 stepchildren), 1,314 grandchildren, 642 brothers or sisters, 368 parents, 1,061 other relatives, 1,094 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 17,635 (5,605 male householders (4,178 living alone)), 8,006 female householders (6,566 living alone)), 4,024 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6,969 (636 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 7,258 2-persons, 3,683 3-persons, 3,044 4-persons, 1,268 5-persons, 501 6-persons, 310 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 10,744 1-person, 2,087 2-persons, 456 3-persons, 237 4-persons, 71 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
9,775 married couples with children.
3,637 single-parent households (514 men, 3,123 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,070
| Here: | 16.1% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 393
| Here: | 11.8% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8,367
| Here: | 82.5% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |