Williams township, Sangamon County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (73% naturalized citizens)
| Williams township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
62% of Williams township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% 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: 2900
- Northeast: 33
- Midwest: 215
- South: 122
- West: 72
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $131,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,076
- One, attached: 31
- Two: 41
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 6
- 10 to 19: 35
- Mobile homes: 36
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,100
Housing units in Williams township with a mortgage: 696 (92 second mortgage, 107 home equity loan, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 235
- Public administration (15%)
- Construction (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Health care (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Public administration (20%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other financial specialists (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Williams township:
- German (32.2%)
- Irish (15.6%)
- English (11.1%)
- United States or American (8.7%)
- Italian (7.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.8%)
- Scottish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (37%)
- Mexico (10%)
- Canada (10%)
- Thailand (8%)
- Australia (8%)
- Japan (7%)
- Philippines (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,591 (87%)
- Carpooled: 194 (11%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 31 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (66%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Wood (1%)
95.4% of residents of Williams township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (43% speak English very well, 57% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,425- In family households: 3,107 (843 male householders, 127 female householders)
850 spouses, 1,108 children (984 natural, 42 adopted, 82 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 52 other relatives, 82 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 318 (116 male householders (79 living alone)), 136 female householders (115 living alone)), 66 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 394 2-persons, 194 3-persons, 223 4-persons, 96 5-persons, 59 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 194 1-person, 46 2-persons, 12 3-persons,
821 married couples with children.
100 single-parent households (35 men, 65 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 33
| Here: | 7.2% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 4.5% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 27
| Here: | 19.1% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |