Normal township, McLean County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (35% naturalized citizens)
| Normal township: | 3.6% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
36% of Normal township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% 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: 34355
- Northeast: 1155
- Midwest: 4776
- South: 2391
- West: 1154
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Normal township, Illinois:
- 8,121 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 360 people in nursing homes
- 47 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 19 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 19 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 7,947
- One, attached: 796
- Two: 380
- 3 or 4: 1,147
- 5 to 9: 1,777
- 10 to 19: 1,957
- 20 to 49: 788
- 50 or more: 383
- Mobile homes: 582
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,800
Housing units in Normal township with a mortgage: 5,567 (492 second mortgage, 643 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,821
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Construction (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Finance and insurance (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Health care (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Postsecondary teachers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Normal township:
- German (31.1%)
- Irish (12.7%)
- English (8.1%)
- Italian (5.4%)
- United States or American (5.2%)
- Polish (3.6%)
- Swedish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (13%)
- Canada (9%)
- India (8%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Mexico (6%)
- Japan (5%)
- Korea (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 17,529 (75%)
- Carpooled: 2,027 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 303 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 21 (0%)
- Taxi: 17 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 15 (0%)
- Bicycle: 173 (1%)
- Walked: 2,575 (11%)
- Other means: 90 (0%)
- Worked at home: 598 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (78%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Normal township, Illinois:
- 8,121 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 360 people in nursing homes
- 47 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 19 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 19 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
93.7% of residents of Normal township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (51% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 37,046- In family households: 25,075 (6,425 male householders, 1,952 female householders)
6,613 spouses, 9,030 children (8,321 natural, 260 adopted, 449 stepchildren), 183 grandchildren, 173 brothers or sisters, 139 parents, 92 other relatives, 468 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 11,971 (3,205 male householders (1,648 living alone)), 3,731 female householders (2,397 living alone)), 5,035 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8,585 (228 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,838 2-persons, 1,819 3-persons, 1,722 4-persons, 701 5-persons, 216 6-persons, 81 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 4,045 1-person, 1,631 2-persons, 542 3-persons, 650 4-persons, 52 5-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
5,644 married couples with children.
1,913 single-parent households (282 men, 1,631 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 552
| Here: | 15.2% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 146
| Here: | 8.7% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 592
| Here: | 3.7% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |