Bement township, Piatt County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (15% naturalized citizens)
| Bement township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
58% of Bement township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1651
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 145
- South: 104
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
59 people in nursing homes
19 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 694
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 31
- 3 or 4: 9
- 5 to 9: 13
- 10 to 19: 3
- Mobile homes: 47
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,800
Housing units in Bement township with a mortgage: 302 (37 second mortgage, 33 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 216
- Construction (10%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bement township:
- German (28.9%)
- United States or American (26.0%)
- English (11.6%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.1%)
- Dutch (2.6%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (54%)
- Korea (31%)
- Other Northern America (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 749 (76%)
- Carpooled: 128 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 56 (6%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 46 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (85%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
59 people in nursing homes
19 people in homes for the mentally ill
98.8% of residents of Bement township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,877- In family households: 1,613 (439 male householders, 96 female householders)
437 spouses, 526 children (468 natural, 19 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 37 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 26 other relatives, 31 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 264 (99 male householders (72 living alone)), 119 female householders (113 living alone)), 46 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 80 (54 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 261 2-persons, 128 3-persons, 89 4-persons, 40 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 185 1-person, 25 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 3 5-persons,
375 married couples with children.
64 single-parent households (15 men, 49 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): 8
| Here: | 8.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |