Atlanta township, Logan County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Atlanta township: | 0.1% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
62% of Atlanta township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1574
- Northeast: 19
- Midwest: 123
- South: 82
- West: 40
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 662
- One, attached: 15
- Two: 29
- 3 or 4: 32
- 5 to 9: 17
- 10 to 19: 5
- Mobile homes: 51
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Atlanta township with a mortgage: 307 (23 second mortgage, 26 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 228
- Construction (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Finance and insurance (18%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Atlanta township:
- German (36.1%)
- United States or American (17.7%)
- English (14.1%)
- Irish (11.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
- Norwegian (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 731 (79%)
- Carpooled: 143 (15%)
- Taxi: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 4 (0%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 45 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
98.2% of residents of Atlanta township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,843- In family households: 1,573 (456 male householders, 63 female householders)
461 spouses, 517 children (441 natural, 5 adopted, 71 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 5 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 270 (94 male householders (80 living alone)), 144 female householders (135 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 236 2-persons, 136 3-persons, 101 4-persons, 31 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 215 1-person, 19 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
351 married couples with children.
85 single-parent households (25 men, 60 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
Here: | 3.8% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
Here: | 5.8% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1
Here: | 3.1% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |