Goose Creek township, Piatt County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Goose Creek township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
60% of Goose Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 729
- Northeast: 34
- Midwest: 63
- South: 68
- West: 14
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 327
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 8
- Mobile homes: 30
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Goose Creek township with a mortgage: 127 (8 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 72
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Construction (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Radio, TV, and computer stores (4%)
- Health care (26%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Goose Creek township:
- United States or American (23.5%)
- German (21.4%)
- English (17.9%)
- Irish (12.2%)
- Dutch (3.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.9%)
- Swedish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Egypt (75%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 399 (79%)
- Carpooled: 35 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 12 (2%)
- Worked at home: 49 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (53%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (1%)
97.6% of residents of Goose Creek township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 914- In family households: 817 (202 male householders, 58 female householders)
224 spouses, 290 children (270 natural, 8 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 97 (34 male householders (25 living alone)), 42 female householders (31 living alone)), 21 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 107 2-persons, 73 3-persons, 51 4-persons, 15 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 56 1-person, 20 2-persons,
149 married couples with children.
41 single-parent households (17 men, 24 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 2.1% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
| Here: | 2.1% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |