Zion township, Lake County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 9 (32% naturalized citizens)
| Zion township: | 8.9% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
51% of Zion township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 13841
- Northeast: 556
- Midwest: 2741
- South: 2800
- West: 787
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $103,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Zion township, Illinois:
- 445 people in nursing homes
- 40 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 27 people in religious group quarters
- 15 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,817
- One, attached: 287
- Two: 786
- 3 or 4: 553
- 5 to 9: 581
- 10 to 19: 449
- 20 to 49: 423
- 50 or more: 204
- Mobile homes: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Zion township with a mortgage: 3,379 (431 second mortgage, 371 home equity loan, 20 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 760
- Construction (9%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Health care (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- 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%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Zion township:
- German (13.7%)
- United States or American (5.6%)
- Irish (5.5%)
- English (4.9%)
- Polish (4.3%)
- Italian (3.0%)
- Finnish (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (59%)
- Philippines (7%)
- India (3%)
- Honduras (2%)
- Jamaica (2%)
- Germany (2%)
- Colombia (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,702 (78%)
- Carpooled: 1,360 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 167 (2%)
- Railroad: 160 (2%)
- Taxi: 18 (0%)
- Bicycle: 29 (0%)
- Walked: 132 (1%)
- Other means: 59 (1%)
- Worked at home: 185 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (79%)
- Electricity (19%)
- No fuel used (1%)
People in group quarters in Zion township, Illinois:
- 445 people in nursing homes
- 40 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 27 people in religious group quarters
- 15 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
82.8% of residents of Zion township speak English at home.
13.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 22,501- In family households: 20,297 (3,705 male householders, 2,001 female householders)
3,854 spouses, 8,302 children (7,647 natural, 212 adopted, 443 stepchildren), 629 grandchildren, 300 brothers or sisters, 243 parents, 508 other relatives, 755 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,204 (907 male householders (696 living alone)), 962 female householders (892 living alone)), 335 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 549 (467 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,688 2-persons, 1,407 3-persons, 1,329 4-persons, 730 5-persons, 287 6-persons, 265 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,588 1-person, 251 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 8 6-persons,
4,177 married couples with children.
2,464 single-parent households (360 men, 2,104 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 293
| Here: | 8.2% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 81
| Here: | 5.9% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 126
| Here: | 13.4% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |