Dry Grove township, McLean County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Dry Grove township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
79% of Dry Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 33% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1237
- Northeast: 36
- Midwest: 180
- South: 86
- West: 59
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 574
- One, attached: 7
Housing units in Dry Grove township with a mortgage: 384 (36 second mortgage, 59 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 83
- Finance and insurance (23%)
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Construction (10%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Finance and insurance (26%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Health care (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Construction (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Business operations specialists (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (5%)
- Business operations specialists (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dry Grove township:
- German (34.4%)
- English (15.2%)
- United States or American (8.9%)
- Swedish (6.6%)
- Irish (5.7%)
- Scottish (3.4%)
- Swiss (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (50%)
- Germany (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 741 (79%)
- Carpooled: 123 (13%)
- Walked: 10 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 62 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (70%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
95.5% of residents of Dry Grove township speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,616- In family households: 1,530 (434 male householders, 51 female householders)
465 spouses, 541 children (484 natural, 9 adopted, 48 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 18 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 86 (40 male householders (29 living alone)), 30 female householders (25 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 209 2-persons, 79 3-persons, 138 4-persons, 44 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 54 1-person, 16 2-persons,
384 married couples with children.
35 single-parent households (11 men, 24 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 4.7% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 16.3% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |