Chillicothe township, Peoria County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (63% naturalized citizens)
| Chillicothe township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
65% of Chillicothe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6685
- Northeast: 104
- Midwest: 811
- South: 331
- West: 126
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $134,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Chillicothe township, Illinois:
- 83 people in nursing homes
- 25 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,899
- One, attached: 40
- Two: 84
- 3 or 4: 154
- 5 to 9: 106
- 10 to 19: 73
- 20 to 49: 7
- Mobile homes: 90
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Chillicothe township with a mortgage: 1,447 (131 second mortgage, 168 home equity loan, 25 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 940
- Machinery (23%)
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Chillicothe township:
- German (30.2%)
- Irish (14.0%)
- English (12.2%)
- United States or American (10.4%)
- Italian (4.6%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
- Scottish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (31%)
- Peru (15%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (13%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Lebanon (11%)
- Other Northern Africa (8%)
- Germany (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,362 (85%)
- Carpooled: 400 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 21 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 42 (1%)
- Other means: 32 (1%)
- Worked at home: 87 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (79%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Chillicothe township, Illinois:
- 83 people in nursing homes
- 25 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.9% of residents of Chillicothe township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
1.5% 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 (54% speak English not well, 46% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (62% speak English well, 38% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,069- In family households: 6,945 (1,874 male householders, 438 female householders)
1,905 spouses, 2,432 children (2,236 natural, 38 adopted, 158 stepchildren), 76 grandchildren, 26 brothers or sisters, 26 parents, 43 other relatives, 125 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,124 (397 male householders (351 living alone)), 571 female householders (489 living alone)), 156 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 120 (65 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,040 2-persons, 543 3-persons, 475 4-persons, 160 5-persons, 54 6-persons, 40 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 840 1-person, 113 2-persons, 15 3-persons,
1,466 married couples with children.
394 single-parent households (92 men, 302 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 147
| Here: | 15.2% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 39
| Here: | 7.8% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 31
| Here: | 12.9% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |