Dawson township, McLean County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Dawson township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
66% of Dawson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 534
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 45
- South: 20
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 255
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 3
Housing units in Dawson township with a mortgage: 89 (8 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 40
- Transportation equipment (24%)
- Construction (13%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Finance and insurance (17%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Registered nurses (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Postsecondary teachers (6%)
- Librarians, curators, and archivists (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dawson township:
- German (33.8%)
- Irish (14.0%)
- United States or American (13.4%)
- English (11.3%)
- Italian (3.4%)
- European (2.8%)
- Scottish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 251 (78%)
- Carpooled: 46 (14%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (2%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 19 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (49%)
- Utility gas (42%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Electricity (4%)
97.5% of residents of Dawson township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 627- In family households: 571 (165 male householders, 29 female householders)
161 spouses, 189 children (174 natural, 3 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 3 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 56 (36 male householders (32 living alone)), 12 female householders (12 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 85 2-persons, 39 3-persons, 51 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 1 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 44 1-person, 4 3-persons,
164 married couples with children.
23 single-parent households (7 men, 16 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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |