Fancy Creek township, Sangamon County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (40% naturalized citizens)
| Fancy Creek township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
64% of Fancy Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3388
- Northeast: 32
- Midwest: 359
- South: 126
- West: 56
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $150,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Fancy Creek township, Illinois:
- 100 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 92 people in nursing homes
- 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,237
- One, attached: 68
- Two: 69
- 3 or 4: 15
- 5 to 9: 16
- Mobile homes: 70
Median worth of mobile homes: $52,200
Housing units in Fancy Creek township with a mortgage: 811 (58 second mortgage, 116 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 272
- Public administration (20%)
- Construction (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Public administration (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Computer specialists (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fancy Creek township:
- German (31.4%)
- English (13.7%)
- Irish (12.1%)
- United States or American (9.9%)
- Italian (8.1%)
- Scottish (2.3%)
- European (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (37%)
- India (28%)
- Canada (16%)
- Philippines (6%)
- Other Eastern Africa (6%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
- Ukraine (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,817 (86%)
- Carpooled: 223 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 54 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Fancy Creek township, Illinois:
- 100 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 92 people in nursing homes
- 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.0% of residents of Fancy Creek township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 56% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,862- In family households: 3,540 (998 male householders, 158 female householders)
1,042 spouses, 1,211 children (1,079 natural, 56 adopted, 76 stepchildren), 29 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 30 parents, 21 other relatives, 47 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 322 (173 male householders (152 living alone)), 117 female householders (103 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 194 (94 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 475 2-persons, 271 3-persons, 290 4-persons, 98 5-persons, 22 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 255 1-person, 35 2-persons,
891 married couples with children.
146 single-parent households (36 men, 110 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 50
| Here: | 9.9% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 42
| Here: | 20.6% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 21
| Here: | 16.4% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |