McHenry township, McHenry County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (40% naturalized citizens)
| McHenry township: | 4.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
61% of McHenry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 32190
- Northeast: 882
- Midwest: 3978
- South: 1515
- West: 872
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $107,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
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 McHenry township, Illinois:
- 204 people in nursing homes
- 46 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in religious group quarters
- 4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 13,799
- One, attached: 250
- Two: 255
- 3 or 4: 588
- 5 to 9: 647
- 10 to 19: 165
- 20 to 49: 151
- 50 or more: 52
- Mobile homes: 92
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,800
Housing units in McHenry township with a mortgage: 8,938 (1,073 second mortgage, 1,232 home equity loan, 61 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,603
- Construction (17%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Registered nurses (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in McHenry township:
- German (31.7%)
- Irish (13.0%)
- Polish (9.5%)
- Italian (8.7%)
- English (5.1%)
- United States or American (3.6%)
- Swedish (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (46%)
- Poland (10%)
- Germany (8%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)
- United Kingdom (3%)
- Canada (3%)
- Philippines (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 18,456 (85%)
- Carpooled: 1,805 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 83 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 7 (0%)
- Railroad: 357 (2%)
- Taxi: 8 (0%)
- Bicycle: 18 (0%)
- Walked: 243 (1%)
- Other means: 146 (1%)
- Worked at home: 493 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (91%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in McHenry township, Illinois:
- 204 people in nursing homes
- 46 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in religious group quarters
- 4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
92.4% of residents of McHenry township speak English at home.
4.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 41,477- In family households: 36,736 (9,227 male householders, 1,950 female householders)
9,342 spouses, 13,769 children (12,668 natural, 283 adopted, 818 stepchildren), 571 grandchildren, 258 brothers or sisters, 201 parents, 592 other relatives, 826 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 4,741 (2,070 male householders (1,642 living alone)), 1,835 female householders (1,580 living alone)), 836 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 263 (218 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,166 2-persons, 2,516 3-persons, 2,624 4-persons, 1,257 5-persons, 392 6-persons, 222 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,222 1-person, 571 2-persons, 63 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 18 5-persons,
9,039 married couples with children.
1,790 single-parent households (520 men, 1,270 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 441
| Here: | 8.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 214
| Here: | 8.2% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 241
| Here: | 13.8% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |