Marion township, Ogle County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (85% naturalized citizens)
| Marion township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
64% of Marion township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% 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: 2847
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 499
- South: 194
- West: 52
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $110,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,181
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 50
- 3 or 4: 27
- 5 to 9: 10
- Mobile homes: 15
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Marion township with a mortgage: 741 (85 second mortgage, 96 home equity loan, 16 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 195
- Metal and metal products (14%)
- Construction (10%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Engineers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electricians (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marion township:
- German (39.8%)
- Swedish (13.1%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- United States or American (5.3%)
- Polish (4.6%)
- Italian (4.5%)
- Norwegian (4.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Europe (37%)
- Guyana (33%)
- Austria (7%)
- Germany (7%)
- Japan (7%)
- Australia (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,703 (89%)
- Carpooled: 118 (6%)
- Walked: 24 (1%)
- Worked at home: 59 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (1%)
97.4% of residents of Marion township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,635- In family households: 3,378 (905 male householders, 128 female householders)
966 spouses, 1,319 children (1,231 natural, 10 adopted, 78 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 17 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 257 (115 male householders (98 living alone)), 114 female householders (103 living alone)), 28 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 429 2-persons, 168 3-persons, 287 4-persons, 115 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 201 1-person, 28 2-persons,
931 married couples with children.
155 single-parent households (48 men, 107 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 23
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 0.9% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
| Here: | 8.2% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |