Norton township, Kankakee County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (10% naturalized citizens)
| Norton township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
75% of Norton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 92% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 876
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 52
- South: 44
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $14,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 358
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 3
- 50 or more: 3
- Mobile homes: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Norton township with a mortgage: 124 (2 second mortgage, 23 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 110
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Construction (7%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Health care (26%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Life, physical, and social science technicians (4%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Norton township:
- German (34.0%)
- Irish (14.4%)
- United States or American (11.7%)
- French (except Basque) (9.5%)
- Italian (7.1%)
- Norwegian (5.3%)
- Swedish (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Europe (81%)
- Austria (10%)
- Cuba (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 403 (84%)
- Carpooled: 42 (9%)
- Railroad: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Other means: 10 (2%)
- Worked at home: 15 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
96.6% of residents of Norton township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (32% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 43% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,008- In family households: 919 (249 male householders, 33 female householders)
252 spouses, 338 children (286 natural, 5 adopted, 47 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 89 (40 male householders (33 living alone)), 36 female householders (33 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 131 2-persons, 42 3-persons, 74 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 66 1-person, 9 2-persons, 1 4-persons,
229 married couples with children.
40 single-parent households (14 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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: 5
| Here: | 14.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |