Drummer township, Ford County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Drummer township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
60% of Drummer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3226
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 391
- South: 216
- West: 28
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
101 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,464
- One, attached: 35
- Two: 50
- 3 or 4: 57
- 5 to 9: 51
- 10 to 19: 28
- 20 to 49: 55
- Mobile homes: 41
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Drummer township with a mortgage: 501 (30 second mortgage, 36 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 548
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Food (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Child care workers (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Drummer township:
- German (43.5%)
- United States or American (13.3%)
- English (10.9%)
- Irish (9.5%)
- Norwegian (3.0%)
- Danish (1.7%)
- Dutch (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (60%)
- Germany (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,408 (79%)
- Carpooled: 189 (11%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 113 (6%)
- Other means: 15 (1%)
- Worked at home: 60 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (79%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
101 people in nursing homes
97.6% of residents of Drummer township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,796- In family households: 3,148 (854 male householders, 221 female householders)
915 spouses, 1,034 children (895 natural, 36 adopted, 103 stepchildren), 28 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 11 other relatives, 68 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 648 (207 male householders (178 living alone)), 386 female householders (373 living alone)), 55 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 101 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 558 2-persons, 209 3-persons, 189 4-persons, 104 5-persons, 15 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 551 1-person, 36 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
663 married couples with children.
211 single-parent households (42 men, 169 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 1.6% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
| Here: | 8.5% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |