Goose Lake township, Grundy County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (72% naturalized citizens)
| Goose Lake township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
65% of Goose Lake 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, 94% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1551
- Northeast: 32
- Midwest: 144
- South: 126
- West: 27
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 735
- Two: 7
- Mobile homes: 5
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Goose Lake township with a mortgage: 388 (57 second mortgage, 63 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 199
- Construction (30%)
- Utilities (13%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Electricians (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (14%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Bus drivers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Goose Lake township:
- German (22.5%)
- Irish (16.2%)
- Italian (9.8%)
- English (8.2%)
- United States or American (7.3%)
- Polish (5.9%)
- Czech (4.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Europe (39%)
- Japan (33%)
- Mexico (28%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 902 (92%)
- Carpooled: 30 (3%)
- Railroad: 22 (2%)
- Worked at home: 28 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Electricity (32%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
96.1% of residents of Goose Lake township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,898- In family households: 1,722 (532 male householders, 55 female householders)
483 spouses, 615 children (563 natural, 8 adopted, 44 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 7 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 176 (98 male householders (73 living alone)), 51 female householders (51 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 253 2-persons, 144 3-persons, 137 4-persons, 34 5-persons, 19 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 124 1-person, 19 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
377 married couples with children.
25 single-parent households (14 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 25
| Here: | 10.5% |
| 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: 31
| Here: | 36.5% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |