Astoria township, Fulton County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Astoria township: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
60% of Astoria township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1442
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 79
- South: 31
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $35,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
41 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 581
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 19
- 3 or 4: 21
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 58
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,200
Housing units in Astoria township with a mortgage: 179 (13 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 206
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Astoria township:
- German (33.1%)
- United States or American (25.6%)
- English (11.7%)
- Irish (6.2%)
- Dutch (5.7%)
- Italian (3.7%)
- Norwegian (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 517 (78%)
- Carpooled: 94 (14%)
- Walked: 24 (4%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 24 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
41 people in nursing homes
99.3% of residents of Astoria township speak English at home.
0.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,526- In family households: 1,307 (356 male householders, 57 female householders)
359 spouses, 478 children (422 natural, 24 adopted, 32 stepchildren), 26 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 219 (78 male householders (66 living alone)), 128 female householders (126 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 40 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 176 2-persons, 95 3-persons, 84 4-persons, 48 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 192 1-person, 14 2-persons,
248 married couples with children.
83 single-parent households (27 men, 56 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
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: 5
Here: | 10.2% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |