Lewistown township, Fulton County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (54% naturalized citizens)
Lewistown township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
61% of Lewistown township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2727
- Northeast: 25
- Midwest: 189
- South: 143
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $49,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
64 people in nursing homes
26 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,128
- One, attached: 15
- Two: 57
- 3 or 4: 43
- 5 to 9: 7
- 10 to 19: 33
- 50 or more: 91
- Mobile homes: 43
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,700
Housing units in Lewistown township with a mortgage: 418 (36 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 387
- Public administration (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lewistown township:
- United States or American (26.9%)
- German (19.3%)
- English (12.5%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- Dutch (3.1%)
- Italian (3.1%)
- Scottish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (38%)
- Italy (31%)
- United Kingdom (15%)
- Korea (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,064 (76%)
- Carpooled: 176 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 66 (5%)
- Other means: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 66 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Wood (1%)
64 people in nursing homes
26 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
98.2% of residents of Lewistown township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 13% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,057- In family households: 2,554 (764 male householders, 115 female householders)
727 spouses, 807 children (708 natural, 13 adopted, 86 stepchildren), 55 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 19 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 503 (163 male householders (145 living alone)), 301 female householders (291 living alone)), 39 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 92 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 433 2-persons, 196 3-persons, 154 4-persons, 79 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 436 1-person, 23 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
465 married couples with children.
139 single-parent households (31 men, 108 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: 8
Here: | 8.3% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |