Forreston township, Ogle County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (54% naturalized citizens)
Forreston township: | 1.2% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
64% of Forreston township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1765
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 308
- South: 36
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $72,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 754
- Two: 20
- 3 or 4: 18
- 20 to 49: 36
- Mobile homes: 58
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,200
Housing units in Forreston township with a mortgage: 303 (22 second mortgage, 40 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 210
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Construction (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Health care (11%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Forreston township:
- German (54.4%)
- United States or American (13.1%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- English (5.2%)
- Norwegian (3.0%)
- Dutch (2.0%)
- Swedish (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (54%)
- Philippines (23%)
- Mexico (15%)
- Canada (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 771 (78%)
- Carpooled: 98 (10%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 50 (5%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 65 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (66%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Wood (1%)
96.0% of residents of Forreston township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,165- In family households: 1,920 (527 male householders, 95 female householders)
545 spouses, 656 children (628 natural, 12 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 21 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 6 other relatives, 37 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 245 (101 male householders (77 living alone)), 111 female householders (103 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 288 2-persons, 103 3-persons, 145 4-persons, 64 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 180 1-person, 27 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
461 married couples with children.
101 single-parent households (19 men, 82 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: 6
Here: | 12.5% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |