Dora township, Moultrie County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Dora township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
63% of Dora township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 718
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 51
- South: 35
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $36,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 279
- One, attached: 1
- Two: 3
- 5 to 9: 4
- 10 to 19: 24
- Mobile homes: 28
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,000
Housing units in Dora township with a mortgage: 136 (10 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 61
- Construction (20%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Food (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (3%)
- Health care (24%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dora township:
- German (35.1%)
- United States or American (16.0%)
- Irish (15.6%)
- English (10.0%)
- Polish (2.6%)
- Italian (2.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Guyana (50%)
- Canada (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 377 (87%)
- Carpooled: 33 (8%)
- Walked: 7 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 11 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Wood (2%)
98.1% of residents of Dora township speak English at home.
0.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 838- In family households: 764 (210 male householders, 42 female householders)
218 spouses, 266 children (232 natural, 5 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 3 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 74 (42 male householders (37 living alone)), 24 female householders (24 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 112 2-persons, 55 3-persons, 59 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 61 1-person, 2 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
202 married couples with children.
34 single-parent households (11 men, 23 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 4.8% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 8.2% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 13.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |