Mendon township, Adams County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (60% naturalized citizens)
Mendon township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
67% of Mendon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 83% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1331
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 163
- South: 33
- West: 20
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
116 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 476
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 13
- Mobile homes: 60
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,000
Housing units in Mendon township with a mortgage: 213 (11 second mortgage, 23 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 101
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (34%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mendon township:
- German (53.4%)
- United States or American (11.7%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- English (8.6%)
- Italian (1.7%)
- Dutch (1.6%)
- European (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (60%)
- Guatemala (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 692 (87%)
- Carpooled: 51 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 17 (2%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 30 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Wood (2%)
116 people in nursing homes
98.2% of residents of Mendon township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,435- In family households: 1,274 (354 male householders, 51 female householders)
343 spouses, 475 children (435 natural, 8 adopted, 32 stepchildren), 23 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 5 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 161 (55 male householders (41 living alone)), 90 female householders (90 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 118 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 167 2-persons, 98 3-persons, 89 4-persons, 34 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 131 1-person, 12 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
301 married couples with children.
62 single-parent households (11 men, 51 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
Here: | 4.9% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 2.2% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 18.8% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |