Assumption township, Christian County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (22% naturalized citizens)
Assumption township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
60% of Assumption township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1393
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 45
- South: 38
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $39,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 620
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 57
- 10 to 19: 20
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Assumption township with a mortgage: 238 (16 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 205
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Warehousing and storage (6%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Assumption township:
- German (30.2%)
- United States or American (21.8%)
- Irish (17.1%)
- English (9.4%)
- French (except Basque) (3.7%)
- Italian (2.6%)
- Polish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (22%)
- Germany (22%)
- Ukraine (22%)
- Japan (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 604 (83%)
- Carpooled: 82 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 15 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 15 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
98.8% of residents of Assumption township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,545- In family households: 1,303 (360 male householders, 68 female householders)
363 spouses, 457 children (359 natural, 12 adopted, 86 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 10 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 242 (74 male householders (64 living alone)), 143 female householders (140 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 221 2-persons, 83 3-persons, 54 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 26 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 204 1-person, 6 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
279 married couples with children.
86 single-parent households (30 men, 56 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 2.0% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
Here: | 17.2% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |