Lancaster township, Stephenson County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Lancaster township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
67% of Lancaster township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1341
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 200
- South: 55
- West: 21
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 563
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 13
- Mobile homes: 123
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,100
Housing units in Lancaster township with a mortgage: 159 (13 second mortgage, 42 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 174
- Construction (14%)
- Plastics and rubber products (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (12%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Customer service representatives (7%)
- Accountants and auditors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lancaster township:
- German (50.1%)
- United States or American (10.4%)
- Irish (8.9%)
- English (8.6%)
- Norwegian (4.6%)
- Polish (3.7%)
- Italian (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 789 (87%)
- Carpooled: 45 (5%)
- Walked: 31 (3%)
- Worked at home: 39 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (2%)
97.8% of residents of Lancaster township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,636- In family households: 1,459 (441 male householders, 69 female householders)
455 spouses, 430 children (391 natural, 5 adopted, 34 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 47 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 177 (81 male householders (66 living alone)), 71 female householders (71 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 261 2-persons, 126 3-persons, 80 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 137 1-person, 7 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
290 married couples with children.
50 single-parent households (22 men, 28 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 30
| Here: | 17.2% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |