Farmington township, Fulton County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Farmington township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
65% of Farmington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3010
- Northeast: 28
- Midwest: 157
- South: 131
- West: 77
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $46,000
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
88 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,226
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 35
- 3 or 4: 40
- 5 to 9: 14
- 10 to 19: 10
- 20 to 49: 4
- Mobile homes: 100
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Farmington township with a mortgage: 420 (43 second mortgage, 36 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 503
- Construction (11%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Farmington township:
- German (25.2%)
- United States or American (18.7%)
- English (12.6%)
- Irish (9.8%)
- Italian (7.9%)
- Scottish (2.6%)
- Polish (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (37%)
- United Kingdom (21%)
- Germany (21%)
- Other Australian and New Zealand Subregion (21%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,224 (81%)
- Carpooled: 203 (13%)
- Walked: 31 (2%)
- Worked at home: 53 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (78%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (1%)
88 people in nursing homes
97.4% of residents of Farmington township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (16% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 63% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,336- In family households: 2,906 (770 male householders, 170 female householders)
813 spouses, 991 children (888 natural, 41 adopted, 62 stepchildren), 59 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 30 parents, 12 other relatives, 45 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 430 (151 male householders (123 living alone)), 238 female householders (226 living alone)), 41 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 89 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 404 2-persons, 207 3-persons, 191 4-persons, 107 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 349 1-person, 33 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
608 married couples with children.
107 single-parent households (35 men, 72 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 1.6% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 6.7% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |