East Fork township, Montgomery County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (87% naturalized citizens)
| East Fork township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
71% of East Fork township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2111
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 164
- South: 111
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $31,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
7 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 902
- One, attached: 4
- 3 or 4: 27
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 153
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,400
Housing units in East Fork township with a mortgage: 301 (17 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 299
- Public administration (16%)
- Construction (9%)
- Utilities (9%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Health care (3%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Fork township:
- United States or American (30.5%)
- German (29.8%)
- English (11.1%)
- Irish (8.0%)
- Italian (5.7%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (40%)
- Italy (20%)
- Korea (20%)
- United Kingdom (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 823 (80%)
- Carpooled: 126 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 11 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 59 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
7 people in homes for the mentally ill
98.3% of residents of East Fork township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (36% speak English very well, 64% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,446- In family households: 2,138 (584 male householders, 143 female householders)
575 spouses, 745 children (652 natural, 12 adopted, 81 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 13 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 308 (115 male householders (98 living alone)), 172 female householders (167 living alone)), 21 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 338 2-persons, 162 3-persons, 168 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 265 1-person, 22 2-persons,
423 married couples with children.
112 single-parent households (42 men, 70 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 2.8% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 4.1% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 24
| Here: | 38.1% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |