Downs township, McLean County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Downs township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
57% of Downs township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 871
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 65
- South: 42
- West: 20
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $33,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 373
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 7
- Mobile homes: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Downs township with a mortgage: 190 (16 second mortgage, 31 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 74
- Finance and insurance (15%)
- Construction (12%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (21%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Gasoline stations (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Personal appearance workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Downs township:
- German (34.0%)
- Irish (20.1%)
- United States or American (17.6%)
- English (9.9%)
- Scottish (2.0%)
- European (1.9%)
- Italian (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Ukraine (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 499 (86%)
- Carpooled: 40 (7%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (1%)
- Bicycle: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Other means: 9 (2%)
- Worked at home: 26 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Wood (1%)
98.7% of residents of Downs township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,008- In family households: 925 (244 male householders, 55 female householders)
247 spouses, 337 children (306 natural, 8 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 10 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 83 (34 male householders (28 living alone)), 32 female householders (25 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 103 2-persons, 90 3-persons, 74 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 53 1-person, 13 2-persons,
250 married couples with children.
49 single-parent households (12 men, 37 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): 2
Here: | 2.9% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
Here: | 55.0% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |