Unity township, Piatt County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (83% naturalized citizens)
| Unity township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
68% of Unity township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% 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: 1326
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 124
- South: 98
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $61,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 641
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 23
- 5 to 9: 10
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Unity township with a mortgage: 263 (7 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 218
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (8%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Unity township:
- German (36.0%)
- United States or American (18.3%)
- English (14.5%)
- Irish (13.3%)
- European (1.7%)
- Dutch (1.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (25%)
- Philippines (25%)
- France (17%)
- Germany (17%)
- Peru (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 636 (85%)
- Carpooled: 65 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 18 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 24 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
96.1% of residents of Unity township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,591- In family households: 1,369 (392 male householders, 61 female householders)
378 spouses, 490 children (419 natural, 13 adopted, 58 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 12 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 222 (98 male householders (84 living alone)), 97 female householders (90 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 226 2-persons, 78 3-persons, 93 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 174 1-person, 15 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
301 married couples with children.
72 single-parent households (12 men, 60 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 4.1% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 20.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |