Savanna township, Carroll County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (43% naturalized citizens)
| Savanna township: | 3.3% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
60% of Savanna township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% 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: 2177
- Northeast: 54
- Midwest: 1469
- South: 217
- West: 104
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $44,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
90 people in nursing homes
12 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,483
- One, attached: 27
- Two: 180
- 3 or 4: 89
- 5 to 9: 13
- 10 to 19: 17
- 20 to 49: 80
- 50 or more: 13
- Mobile homes: 164
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,300
Housing units in Savanna township with a mortgage: 541 (50 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 578
- Construction (13%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Machinery (11%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Savanna township:
- German (26.3%)
- Irish (16.5%)
- United States or American (13.4%)
- English (9.4%)
- Norwegian (3.5%)
- Danish (2.2%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (44%)
- Asia, n.e.c. (18%)
- Canada (16%)
- Germany (9%)
- Brazil (5%)
- Philippines (4%)
- United Kingdom (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,210 (73%)
- Carpooled: 275 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 16 (1%)
- Walked: 63 (4%)
- Other means: 34 (2%)
- Worked at home: 54 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (82%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
90 people in nursing homes
12 people in other group homes
95.1% of residents of Savanna township speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 35% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (46% speak English very well, 54% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (32% speak English very well, 68% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,079- In family households: 3,241 (767 male householders, 287 female householders)
795 spouses, 1,152 children (1,063 natural, 16 adopted, 73 stepchildren), 37 grandchildren, 21 brothers or sisters, 27 parents, 33 other relatives, 122 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 838 (307 male householders (251 living alone)), 424 female householders (388 living alone)), 107 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 103 (91 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 512 2-persons, 211 3-persons, 171 4-persons, 112 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 639 1-person, 73 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
614 married couples with children.
307 single-parent households (48 men, 259 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 1.1% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 3.9% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |