Dix township, Ford County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Dix township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
75% of Dix township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 86% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 572
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 48
- South: 24
- West: 40
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $60,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 248
- One, attached: 3
- 3 or 4: 2
Housing units in Dix township with a mortgage: 84 (7 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 69
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Health care (11%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Health technologists and technicians (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dix township:
- German (35.7%)
- Irish (16.7%)
- United States or American (15.8%)
- Norwegian (7.7%)
- English (4.7%)
- Italian (4.1%)
- Swedish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 306 (85%)
- Carpooled: 13 (4%)
- Walked: 10 (3%)
- Worked at home: 33 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
99.1% of residents of Dix township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 689- In family households: 642 (173 male householders, 39 female householders)
195 spouses, 224 children (207 natural, 6 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 3 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 47 (23 male householders (22 living alone)), 14 female householders (12 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 79 2-persons, 54 3-persons, 62 4-persons, 17 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 34 1-person, 3 2-persons,
138 married couples with children.
33 single-parent households (10 men, 23 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 3.4% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 6.3% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |