Towanda township, McLean County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Towanda township: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
77% of Towanda township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 823
- Northeast: 22
- Midwest: 105
- South: 67
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $84,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 406
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 10
- Mobile homes: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Towanda township with a mortgage: 211 (31 second mortgage, 29 home equity loan, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 107
- Construction (17%)
- Finance and insurance (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Utilities (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Finance and insurance (18%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (14%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Business operations specialists (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Towanda township:
- German (44.1%)
- English (12.3%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- United States or American (8.4%)
- Italian (4.9%)
- Polish (3.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 545 (86%)
- Carpooled: 72 (11%)
- Worked at home: 16 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Electricity (6%)
98.7% of residents of Towanda township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,025- In family households: 937 (294 male householders, 29 female householders)
302 spouses, 291 children (273 natural, 2 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 88 (33 male householders (28 living alone)), 52 female householders (52 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 150 2-persons, 69 3-persons, 89 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 80 1-person, 5 2-persons,
192 married couples with children.
24 single-parent households (7 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1
Here: | 1.1% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
Here: | 15.1% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |