Patoka township, Marion County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Patoka township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
63% of Patoka township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 985
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 112
- South: 43
- West: 44
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $72,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 407
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 2
- 5 to 9: 10
- 10 to 19: 12
- Mobile homes: 110
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,000
Housing units in Patoka township with a mortgage: 140 (7 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 124
- Construction (15%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Patoka township:
- German (25.8%)
- United States or American (24.8%)
- English (17.1%)
- Irish (9.7%)
- French (except Basque) (6.0%)
- Dutch (2.2%)
- Scottish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 433 (82%)
- Carpooled: 59 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 14 (3%)
- Other means: 8 (2%)
- Worked at home: 16 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (67%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (3%)
99.4% of residents of Patoka township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,193- In family households: 1,034 (278 male householders, 65 female householders)
280 spouses, 374 children (325 natural, 6 adopted, 43 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 6 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 159 (52 male householders (43 living alone)), 90 female householders (84 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 180 2-persons, 65 3-persons, 53 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 10 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 127 1-person, 14 2-persons, 1 4-persons,
186 married couples with children.
63 single-parent households (21 men, 42 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.1% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 19.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |