Wethersfield township, Henry County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (68% naturalized citizens)
Wethersfield township: | 1.1% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
64% of Wethersfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3330
- Northeast: 42
- Midwest: 285
- South: 158
- West: 68
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $71,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
174 people in nursing homes
8 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,541
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 35
- 3 or 4: 52
- 5 to 9: 51
- 10 to 19: 25
- 50 or more: 49
Housing units in Wethersfield township with a mortgage: 573 (24 second mortgage, 33 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 635
- Construction (10%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wethersfield township:
- German (20.4%)
- United States or American (11.6%)
- English (10.4%)
- Swedish (8.9%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- Belgian (5.1%)
- Scottish (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Greece (32%)
- Mexico (22%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Germany (15%)
- Romania (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,459 (85%)
- Carpooled: 177 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 58 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
174 people in nursing homes
8 people in other group homes
96.6% of residents of Wethersfield township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,746- In family households: 3,089 (840 male householders, 224 female householders)
894 spouses, 979 children (929 natural, 27 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 70 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 27 other relatives, 55 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 657 (170 male householders (141 living alone)), 413 female householders (383 living alone)), 74 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 185 (178 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 571 2-persons, 195 3-persons, 164 4-persons, 69 5-persons, 52 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 524 1-person, 49 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
571 married couples with children.
159 single-parent households (40 men, 119 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
Here: | 7.9% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
Here: | 3.2% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20
Here: | 18.5% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |