Colona township, Henry County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (37% naturalized citizens)
Colona township: | 1.5% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
61% of Colona township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4648
- Northeast: 62
- Midwest: 1261
- South: 446
- West: 137
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $56,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,156
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 64
- 3 or 4: 47
- 5 to 9: 27
- Mobile homes: 266
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Colona township with a mortgage: 1,138 (133 second mortgage, 128 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 605
- Machinery (11%)
- Construction (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Colona township:
- German (25.4%)
- Irish (12.3%)
- United States or American (11.6%)
- English (8.8%)
- Swedish (8.3%)
- Belgian (6.3%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (32%)
- Canada (18%)
- Pakistan (16%)
- Korea (13%)
- Germany (10%)
- France (6%)
- Portugal (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,013 (88%)
- Carpooled: 226 (7%)
- Walked: 53 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 113 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (87%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Electricity (5%)
94.7% of residents of Colona township speak English at home.
4.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,672- In family households: 6,026 (1,612 male householders, 330 female householders)
1,675 spouses, 2,125 children (1,830 natural, 30 adopted, 265 stepchildren), 47 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 35 parents, 29 other relatives, 156 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 646 (283 male householders (240 living alone)), 264 female householders (218 living alone)), 99 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 799 2-persons, 487 3-persons, 426 4-persons, 177 5-persons, 38 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 458 1-person, 79 2-persons, 10 3-persons,
1,310 married couples with children.
326 single-parent households (104 men, 222 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 40
Here: | 4.9% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20
Here: | 4.7% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 57
Here: | 22.4% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |