Cheney's Grove township, McLean County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (60% naturalized citizens)
| Cheney's Grove township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
66% of Cheney's Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 967
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 42
- South: 50
- West: 14
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $60,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 403
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 18
- Mobile homes: 35
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,300
Housing units in Cheney's Grove township with a mortgage: 154 (10 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 108
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Construction (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Finance and insurance (16%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cheney's Grove township:
- German (41.8%)
- English (11.7%)
- United States or American (10.6%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- Swedish (3.8%)
- French (except Basque) (3.1%)
- Welsh (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Western Europe (40%)
- Philippines (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 455 (77%)
- Carpooled: 76 (13%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 18 (3%)
- Worked at home: 42 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (70%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Wood (1%)
99.0% of residents of Cheney's Grove township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% 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 very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,086- In family households: 939 (257 male householders, 58 female householders)
252 spouses, 346 children (306 natural, 11 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 147 (60 male householders (47 living alone)), 69 female householders (67 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 139 2-persons, 75 3-persons, 67 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 11 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 114 1-person, 15 2-persons,
202 married couples with children.
55 single-parent households (12 men, 43 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 8.6% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 13.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |