West Point township, Stephenson County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (72% naturalized citizens)
West Point township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
61% of West Point township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2475
- Northeast: 19
- Midwest: 657
- South: 117
- West: 49
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $126,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,150
- One, attached: 32
- Two: 32
- 3 or 4: 64
- 5 to 9: 63
- 10 to 19: 54
- 20 to 49: 22
- Mobile homes: 33
Median worth of mobile homes: $61,300
Housing units in West Point township with a mortgage: 569 (50 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 377
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (11%)
- Plastics and rubber products (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Finance and insurance (22%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (14%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (14%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Point township:
- German (48.2%)
- United States or American (9.6%)
- English (9.4%)
- Irish (8.3%)
- Norwegian (4.1%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
- Swiss (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (25%)
- Egypt (25%)
- Asia, n.e.c. (22%)
- Mexico (16%)
- Other Western Europe (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,354 (86%)
- Carpooled: 130 (8%)
- Walked: 31 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 58 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (64%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (2%)
97.1% of residents of West Point township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (28% speak English very well, 72% speak English well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,354- In family households: 2,938 (834 male householders, 150 female householders)
857 spouses, 1,033 children (957 natural, 19 adopted, 57 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 5 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 416 (143 male householders (123 living alone)), 230 female householders (212 living alone)), 43 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 474 2-persons, 194 3-persons, 187 4-persons, 98 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 335 1-person, 30 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
700 married couples with children.
146 single-parent households (43 men, 103 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
Here: | 3.5% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
Here: | 6.0% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
Here: | 4.9% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |