Sumner township, Kankakee County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (28% naturalized citizens)
| Sumner township: | 3.3% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
71% of Sumner township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 753
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 41
- South: 24
- West: 40
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $275,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.7% of all households
17 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 235
- One, attached: 6
- Mobile homes: 71
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Sumner township with a mortgage: 99 (8 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 47
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Construction (16%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (15%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (14%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sumner township:
- German (29.8%)
- Dutch (12.8%)
- Irish (10.6%)
- Polish (6.4%)
- French Canadian (5.9%)
- French (except Basque) (5.6%)
- United States or American (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (45%)
- Laos (24%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (17%)
- Germany (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 315 (72%)
- Carpooled: 58 (13%)
- Railroad: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 17 (4%)
- Worked at home: 42 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (63%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Utility gas (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
17 people in other nonhousehold living situations
93.0% of residents of Sumner township speak English at home.
4.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 873- In family households: 828 (201 male householders, 37 female householders)
197 spouses, 353 children (315 natural, 0 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 31 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 45 (30 male householders (24 living alone)), 10 female householders (10 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 17 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 89 2-persons, 42 3-persons, 61 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 34 1-person, 6 2-persons,
199 married couples with children.
41 single-parent households (19 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
| Here: | 16.1% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 14.8% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |