Lemont township, Cook County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 9 (65% naturalized citizens)
Lemont township: | 9.2% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
62% of Lemont township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 14509
- Northeast: 289
- Midwest: 991
- South: 294
- West: 216
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $344,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Lemont township, Illinois:
- 387 people in nursing homes
- 189 people in religious group quarters
- 25 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,744
- One, attached: 510
- Two: 137
- 3 or 4: 232
- 5 to 9: 170
- 10 to 19: 44
- 20 to 49: 53
- 50 or more: 158
- Mobile homes: 10
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $350,000
Housing units in Lemont township with a mortgage: 3,609 (290 second mortgage, 535 home equity loan, 36 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,169
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lemont township:
- Polish (29.3%)
- German (15.7%)
- Irish (14.9%)
- Italian (11.0%)
- Lithuanian (4.4%)
- United States or American (2.8%)
- English (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (42%)
- Other Eastern Europe (18%)
- Mexico (9%)
- Italy (5%)
- Ireland (5%)
- Greece (3%)
- Germany (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,859 (82%)
- Carpooled: 535 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 52 (1%)
- Railroad: 415 (5%)
- Bicycle: 23 (0%)
- Walked: 91 (1%)
- Other means: 28 (0%)
- Worked at home: 313 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (97%)
- Electricity (3%)
People in group quarters in Lemont township, Illinois:
- 387 people in nursing homes
- 189 people in religious group quarters
- 25 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
83.8% of residents of Lemont township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
12.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 20% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (43% speak English very well, 57% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 17,402- In family households: 16,050 (3,970 male householders, 728 female householders)
4,182 spouses, 6,483 children (6,141 natural, 123 adopted, 219 stepchildren), 113 grandchildren, 73 brothers or sisters, 109 parents, 268 other relatives, 124 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,352 (501 male householders (414 living alone)), 676 female householders (594 living alone)), 175 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 600 (368 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,598 2-persons, 983 3-persons, 1,172 4-persons, 632 5-persons, 236 6-persons, 77 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,008 1-person, 160 2-persons, 9 3-persons,
4,455 married couples with children.
402 single-parent households (102 men, 300 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 656
Here: | 26.9% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 187
Here: | 17.0% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 199
Here: | 28.8% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |