Elmwood township, Peoria County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (83% naturalized citizens)
Elmwood township: | 1.0% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
67% of Elmwood township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1988
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 188
- South: 71
- West: 48
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $63,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
12 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 883
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 26
- 3 or 4: 15
- 5 to 9: 3
- 10 to 19: 18
- 20 to 49: 14
- Mobile homes: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Elmwood township with a mortgage: 364 (29 second mortgage, 48 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 296
- Machinery (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Construction (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Educational services (23%)
- Health care (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elmwood township:
- German (33.8%)
- English (20.6%)
- United States or American (9.7%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- Swedish (3.5%)
- Italian (3.2%)
- Scottish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Ireland (21%)
- Mexico (21%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
- France (8%)
- Germany (8%)
- Other Western Europe (8%)
- Philippines (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 943 (83%)
- Carpooled: 114 (10%)
- Walked: 37 (3%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 41 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
12 people in other nonhousehold living situations
96.7% of residents of Elmwood township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (33% speak English very well, 50% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,329- In family households: 2,079 (569 male householders, 108 female householders)
617 spouses, 713 children (654 natural, 14 adopted, 45 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 19 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 250 (106 male householders (98 living alone)), 131 female householders (126 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 12 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 296 2-persons, 161 3-persons, 143 4-persons, 59 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 224 1-person, 13 2-persons,
503 married couples with children.
87 single-parent households (22 men, 65 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
Here: | 4.9% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
Here: | 7.9% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 23
Here: | 26.1% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |