Harristown township, Macon County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (89% naturalized citizens)
Harristown township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
69% of Harristown township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1614
- Northeast: 34
- Midwest: 85
- South: 119
- West: 47
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 735
- One, attached: 1
- Two: 2
- 5 to 9: 9
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $70,000
Housing units in Harristown township with a mortgage: 360 (30 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 236
- Construction (16%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harristown township:
- United States or American (23.8%)
- German (23.8%)
- English (15.1%)
- Irish (12.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.1%)
- Scottish (2.1%)
- Polish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Colombia (33%)
- Philippines (22%)
- Canada (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 874 (88%)
- Carpooled: 56 (6%)
- Walked: 16 (2%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 40 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
98.2% of residents of Harristown township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,911- In family households: 1,739 (498 male householders, 93 female householders)
513 spouses, 546 children (493 natural, 14 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 44 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 16 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 172 (78 male householders (71 living alone)), 78 female householders (76 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 290 2-persons, 136 3-persons, 103 4-persons, 48 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 147 1-person, 6 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
346 married couples with children.
60 single-parent households (23 men, 37 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 27
Here: | 11.9% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
Here: | 5.6% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
Here: | 12.0% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |