East Lincoln township, Logan County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (54% naturalized citizens)
| East Lincoln township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
53% of East Lincoln township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7331
- Northeast: 92
- Midwest: 978
- South: 407
- West: 219
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $81,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
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
People in group quarters in East Lincoln township, Illinois:
- 935 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 120 people in nursing homes
- 40 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,741
- One, attached: 23
- Two: 210
- 3 or 4: 227
- 5 to 9: 108
- 10 to 19: 97
- 20 to 49: 13
- 50 or more: 127
- Mobile homes: 95
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,600
Housing units in East Lincoln township with a mortgage: 1,245 (80 second mortgage, 77 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 801
- Public administration (12%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Lincoln township:
- German (34.5%)
- United States or American (18.0%)
- English (10.1%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- Italian (2.6%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
- European (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (23%)
- India (18%)
- Mexico (15%)
- Haiti (11%)
- Colombia (8%)
- Germany (5%)
- Other Western Africa (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,433 (81%)
- Carpooled: 445 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 14 (0%)
- Taxi: 25 (1%)
- Bicycle: 25 (1%)
- Walked: 161 (4%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 125 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in East Lincoln township, Illinois:
- 935 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 120 people in nursing homes
- 40 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in religious group quarters
94.4% of residents of East Lincoln township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 19% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (28% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 44% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,074- In family households: 6,770 (1,833 male householders, 434 female householders)
1,768 spouses, 2,363 children (2,194 natural, 40 adopted, 129 stepchildren), 128 grandchildren, 45 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 18 other relatives, 181 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,304 (431 male householders (351 living alone)), 716 female householders (679 living alone)), 157 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,126 (164 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,058 2-persons, 447 3-persons, 490 4-persons, 215 5-persons, 43 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,030 1-person, 105 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
1,318 married couples with children.
547 single-parent households (137 men, 410 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 188
| Here: | 18.1% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 51
| Here: | 10.3% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 884
| Here: | 76.2% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |