Lyndon township, Whiteside County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Lyndon township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
63% of Lyndon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 805
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 115
- South: 21
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 334
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 91
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,900
Housing units in Lyndon township with a mortgage: 161 (16 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 100
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Construction (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (9%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lyndon township:
- German (33.6%)
- United States or American (16.6%)
- Dutch (12.0%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- Swedish (5.7%)
- English (5.3%)
- Italian (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (50%)
- Canada (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 391 (81%)
- Carpooled: 47 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 10 (2%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 27 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (2%)
99.7% of residents of Lyndon township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 963- In family households: 839 (249 male householders, 36 female householders)
235 spouses, 283 children (257 natural, 10 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 7 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 124 (41 male householders (23 living alone)), 55 female householders (49 living alone)), 28 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 149 2-persons, 65 3-persons, 43 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 72 1-person, 20 2-persons, 2 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
190 married couples with children.
52 single-parent households (11 men, 41 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 8.3% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 9.1% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |