Knox township, Knox County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (79% naturalized citizens)
Knox township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
67% of Knox township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4530
- Northeast: 56
- Midwest: 428
- South: 238
- West: 122
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $81,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
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
215 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,770
- One, attached: 19
- Two: 69
- 3 or 4: 45
- 5 to 9: 39
- 10 to 19: 27
- 20 to 49: 7
- Mobile homes: 271
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,100
Housing units in Knox township with a mortgage: 909 (109 second mortgage, 173 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 571
- Construction (10%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Rail transportation (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Rail and water transportation workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Knox township:
- German (20.0%)
- English (16.4%)
- United States or American (16.1%)
- Swedish (14.1%)
- Irish (11.6%)
- Italian (2.9%)
- Norwegian (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (31%)
- Japan (21%)
- Mexico (21%)
- Pakistan (14%)
- Philippines (7%)
- Colombia (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,260 (86%)
- Carpooled: 164 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 22 (1%)
- Walked: 48 (2%)
- Other means: 29 (1%)
- Worked at home: 97 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (80%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
215 people in nursing homes
98.3% of residents of Knox township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 26% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,197- In family households: 4,564 (1,237 male householders, 337 female householders)
1,333 spouses, 1,499 children (1,275 natural, 51 adopted, 173 stepchildren), 50 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 36 other relatives, 53 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 633 (260 male householders (213 living alone)), 308 female householders (295 living alone)), 65 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 215 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 803 2-persons, 359 3-persons, 264 4-persons, 107 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 508 1-person, 52 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
869 married couples with children.
300 single-parent households (45 men, 255 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 41
Here: | 6.2% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 21
Here: | 6.7% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 38
Here: | 18.4% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |