White Oak township, McLean County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (75% naturalized citizens)
White Oak township: | 2.0% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
73% of White Oak township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 652
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 90
- South: 30
- West: 21
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 283
- One, attached: 20
- Two: 16
- 3 or 4: 4
- 5 to 9: 9
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $90,000
Housing units in White Oak township with a mortgage: 141 (9 second mortgage, 44 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 85
- Construction (14%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Health care (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (26%)
- Health care (20%)
- Finance and insurance (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Postsecondary teachers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in White Oak township:
- German (51.9%)
- United States or American (9.8%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- English (6.3%)
- Swedish (2.6%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
- Italian (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (38%)
- Korea (19%)
- Philippines (19%)
- Russia (13%)
- Thailand (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 408 (89%)
- Carpooled: 43 (9%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 4 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (54%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
96.0% of residents of White Oak township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 11% speak English not well, 17% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 814- In family households: 734 (211 male householders, 48 female householders)
200 spouses, 249 children (237 natural, 4 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 1 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 80 (36 male householders (33 living alone)), 26 female householders (16 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 125 2-persons, 64 3-persons, 48 4-persons, 22 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 49 1-person, 10 2-persons, 3 4-persons,
191 married couples with children.
30 single-parent households (8 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
Here: | 11.5% |
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: 3
Here: | 7.7% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |