Marengo township, McHenry County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (35% naturalized citizens)
| Marengo township: | 6.6% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
54% of Marengo township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5330
- Northeast: 197
- Midwest: 631
- South: 242
- West: 261
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $145,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Marengo township, Illinois:
- 47 people in nursing homes
- 7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,847
- One, attached: 129
- Two: 200
- 3 or 4: 136
- 5 to 9: 214
- 10 to 19: 60
- 20 to 49: 31
- Mobile homes: 125
Median worth of mobile homes: $92,000
Housing units in Marengo township with a mortgage: 1,178 (103 second mortgage, 254 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 407
- Construction (17%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marengo township:
- German (35.8%)
- Polish (8.9%)
- Italian (8.0%)
- United States or American (7.5%)
- Irish (7.1%)
- Swedish (3.8%)
- English (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (70%)
- Other Northern Europe (7%)
- Germany (4%)
- Poland (3%)
- Indonesia (3%)
- Philippines (2%)
- Japan (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,093 (83%)
- Carpooled: 315 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 38 (1%)
- Railroad: 42 (1%)
- Walked: 99 (3%)
- Other means: 36 (1%)
- Worked at home: 102 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Marengo township, Illinois:
- 47 people in nursing homes
- 7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in other nonhousehold living situations
89.9% of residents of Marengo township speak English at home.
8.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (31% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 31% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 46% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,123- In family households: 6,325 (1,553 male householders, 375 female householders)
1,674 spouses, 2,499 children (2,261 natural, 116 adopted, 122 stepchildren), 39 grandchildren, 48 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 45 other relatives, 79 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 798 (399 male householders (347 living alone)), 290 female householders (263 living alone)), 109 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 61 (48 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 770 2-persons, 381 3-persons, 467 4-persons, 205 5-persons, 89 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 610 1-person, 64 2-persons, 12 4-persons, 3 5-persons,
1,595 married couples with children.
400 single-parent households (99 men, 301 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 83
| Here: | 8.9% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 36
| Here: | 11.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |