Lowe township, Moultrie County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Lowe township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
65% of Lowe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1393
- Northeast: 24
- Midwest: 124
- South: 68
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $81,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
65 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 478
- One, attached: 31
- Two: 11
- 5 to 9: 16
- 20 to 49: 8
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $70,000
Housing units in Lowe township with a mortgage: 168 (32 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 159
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (11%)
- Wood products (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Health care (19%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (4%)
- Wood products (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Woodworkers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lowe township:
- German (52.6%)
- United States or American (14.9%)
- Irish (6.6%)
- French (except Basque) (4.7%)
- Pennsylvania German (4.4%)
- English (3.0%)
- Dutch (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (75%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 435 (60%)
- Carpooled: 113 (15%)
- Bicycle: 52 (7%)
- Walked: 66 (9%)
- Other means: 28 (4%)
- Worked at home: 36 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (2%)
65 people in nursing homes
71.6% of residents of Lowe township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
28.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,565- In family households: 1,427 (379 male householders, 48 female householders)
356 spouses, 594 children (536 natural, 12 adopted, 46 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 0 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 138 (37 male householders (31 living alone)), 91 female householders (86 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 59 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 175 2-persons, 76 3-persons, 106 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 117 1-person, 11 2-persons,
440 married couples with children.
48 single-parent households (20 men, 28 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 61
| Here: | 29.6% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 9.7% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 9.4% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |