Wapella township, De Witt County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Wapella township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
58% of Wapella township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 852
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 46
- South: 52
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 339
- Two: 3
- 10 to 19: 3
- Mobile homes: 67
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Wapella township with a mortgage: 175 (19 second mortgage, 23 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 57
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (23%)
- Health care (12%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Food (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Business operations specialists (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wapella township:
- German (24.1%)
- United States or American (20.0%)
- English (17.8%)
- Irish (11.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.1%)
- Polish (3.8%)
- Welsh (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Japan (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 385 (78%)
- Carpooled: 57 (12%)
- Railroad: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 39 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
98.3% of residents of Wapella township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 977- In family households: 894 (228 male householders, 47 female householders)
258 spouses, 335 children (301 natural, 12 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 9 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 83 (22 male householders (18 living alone)), 56 female householders (55 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 124 2-persons, 54 3-persons, 48 4-persons, 40 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 73 1-person, 5 2-persons,
197 married couples with children.
37 single-parent households (7 men, 30 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1
Here: | 1.0% |
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: 2
Here: | 5.6% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |