Bloomington township, McLean County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (63% naturalized citizens)
Bloomington township: | 3.3% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
59% of Bloomington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2317
- Northeast: 111
- Midwest: 236
- South: 141
- West: 66
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $81,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 807
- One, attached: 7
- Mobile homes: 480
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Bloomington township with a mortgage: 457 (21 second mortgage, 80 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 156
- Finance and insurance (25%)
- Construction (12%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Finance and insurance (28%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Business operations specialists (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Therapists (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bloomington township:
- German (22.9%)
- United States or American (17.1%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- English (8.9%)
- Norwegian (3.4%)
- Italian (3.3%)
- Danish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (82%)
- Japan (12%)
- Ethiopia (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,207 (80%)
- Carpooled: 212 (14%)
- Taxi: 12 (1%)
- Walked: 27 (2%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 33 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (89%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (1%)
94.5% of residents of Bloomington township speak English at home.
4.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (27% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 28% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (47% speak English very well, 53% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,984- In family households: 2,542 (617 male householders, 139 female householders)
629 spouses, 920 children (842 natural, 0 adopted, 78 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 37 brothers or sisters, 24 parents, 53 other relatives, 104 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 442 (207 male householders (183 living alone)), 176 female householders (145 living alone)), 59 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 273 2-persons, 136 3-persons, 223 4-persons, 96 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 328 1-person, 46 2-persons, 9 4-persons,
610 married couples with children.
163 single-parent households (49 men, 114 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 121
Here: | 28.1% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 45
Here: | 22.5% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
Here: | 12.9% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |