River Forest township, Cook County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 8 (54% naturalized citizens)
| River Forest township: | 7.6% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
61% of River Forest township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 32% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7910
- Northeast: 465
- Midwest: 1452
- South: 446
- West: 319
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $168,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
870 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
61 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,623
- One, attached: 231
- Two: 144
- 3 or 4: 127
- 5 to 9: 302
- 10 to 19: 319
- 20 to 49: 377
- 50 or more: 102
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $350,000
Housing units in River Forest township with a mortgage: 1,910 (148 second mortgage, 437 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 705
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (18%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Construction (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Health care (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (10%)
- Physicians and surgeons (9%)
- Lawyers (8%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Postsecondary teachers (3%)
- Business operations specialists (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Physicians and surgeons (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in River Forest township:
- Irish (25.7%)
- German (16.2%)
- Italian (9.3%)
- English (6.5%)
- Polish (4.7%)
- United States or American (3.8%)
- Russian (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (13%)
- Canada (9%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Mexico (7%)
- Germany (6%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
- Italy (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,628 (64%)
- Carpooled: 236 (4%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 90 (2%)
- Subway or elevated: 304 (5%)
- Railroad: 530 (9%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 556 (10%)
- Other means: 27 (0%)
- Worked at home: 305 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (87%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Other fuel (1%)
870 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
61 people in religious group quarters
88.1% of residents of River Forest township speak English at home.
4.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
4.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,698- In family households: 9,410 (2,218 male householders, 730 female householders)
2,487 spouses, 3,642 children (3,540 natural, 95 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 68 grandchildren, 62 brothers or sisters, 57 parents, 57 other relatives, 89 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,288 (334 male householders (286 living alone)), 825 female householders (764 living alone)), 129 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 937 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,187 2-persons, 605 3-persons, 639 4-persons, 367 5-persons, 121 6-persons, 29 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,050 1-person, 109 2-persons,
2,670 married couples with children.
342 single-parent households (41 men, 301 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 398
| Here: | 26.4% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 160
| Here: | 29.4% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 970
| Here: | 76.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |