Fountain Creek township, Iroquois County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Fountain Creek township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
77% of Fountain Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 379
- Northeast: 1
- Midwest: 33
- South: 21
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 141
- One, attached: 2
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 1
Housing units in Fountain Creek township with a mortgage: 57 (0 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 35
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (38%)
- Construction (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Warehousing and storage (4%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (12%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (7%)
- U. S. Postal service (7%)
- Sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (23%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (12%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (13%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fountain Creek township:
- German (60.1%)
- United States or American (7.6%)
- English (7.3%)
- Irish (6.2%)
- Swiss (4.5%)
- Polish (2.8%)
- Swedish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (50%)
- Canada (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 149 (78%)
- Carpooled: 7 (4%)
- Walked: 11 (6%)
- Worked at home: 24 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (65%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Wood (1%)
90.1% of residents of Fountain Creek township speak English at home.
9.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 449- In family households: 428 (99 male householders, 20 female householders)
107 spouses, 187 children (155 natural, 21 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 2 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 21 (6 male householders (1 living alone)), 11 female householders (11 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 51 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 12 1-person, 5 2-persons,
131 married couples with children.
7 single-parent households (1 men, 6 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
Here: | 8.8% |
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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |