Sonora township, Hancock County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Sonora township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
65% of Sonora 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, 49% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 249
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 227
- South: 20
- West: 15
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 201
- One, attached: 4
- Mobile homes: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $65,000
Housing units in Sonora township with a mortgage: 56 (0 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 56
- Construction (25%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Food (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (6%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Electricians (10%)
- Carpenters (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Construction laborers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sonora township:
- German (42.5%)
- United States or American (15.4%)
- English (11.3%)
- Scottish (6.6%)
- Irish (3.1%)
- European (2.5%)
- Czech (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 217 (81%)
- Carpooled: 17 (6%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (3%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 26 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Utility gas (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Wood (4%)
98.8% of residents of Sonora township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 515- In family households: 476 (144 male householders, 21 female householders)
136 spouses, 162 children (141 natural, 11 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 39 (20 male householders (20 living alone)), 19 female householders (19 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 89 2-persons, 35 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 9 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 39 1-person,
95 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (6 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 2.6% |
| 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: 4
| Here: | 30.8% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |