South Ottawa township, La Salle County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (88% naturalized citizens)
| South Ottawa township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
60% of South Ottawa township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6633
- Northeast: 179
- Midwest: 756
- South: 279
- West: 190
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $104,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in South Ottawa township, Illinois:
- 303 people in nursing homes
- 48 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 10 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 8 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,533
- One, attached: 135
- Two: 179
- 3 or 4: 120
- 5 to 9: 172
- 10 to 19: 182
- 20 to 49: 13
- 50 or more: 5
- Mobile homes: 19
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,600
Housing units in South Ottawa township with a mortgage: 1,497 (158 second mortgage, 164 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 713
- Construction (11%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Utilities (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (14%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Ottawa township:
- German (29.8%)
- Irish (14.4%)
- Italian (9.6%)
- Norwegian (7.6%)
- English (7.0%)
- United States or American (6.1%)
- French (except Basque) (4.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (34%)
- Vietnam (12%)
- Greece (10%)
- Turkey (9%)
- Italy (8%)
- Korea (6%)
- Mexico (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,235 (88%)
- Carpooled: 270 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 51 (1%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 44 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 71 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (83%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
People in group quarters in South Ottawa township, Illinois:
- 303 people in nursing homes
- 48 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 10 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 8 people in other group homes
96.5% of residents of South Ottawa township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,863- In family households: 6,806 (1,804 male householders, 436 female householders)
1,813 spouses, 2,555 children (2,333 natural, 70 adopted, 152 stepchildren), 49 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 73 other relatives, 49 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,057 (376 male householders (314 living alone)), 580 female householders (554 living alone)), 101 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 369 (285 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,041 2-persons, 474 3-persons, 439 4-persons, 211 5-persons, 47 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 868 1-person, 77 2-persons, 11 3-persons,
1,602 married couples with children.
380 single-parent households (67 men, 313 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 145
| Here: | 15.3% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 31
| Here: | 6.4% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 34
| Here: | 10.9% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |