Avena township, Fayette County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Avena township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
63% of Avena township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 94% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1758
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 84
- South: 83
- West: 38
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
50 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 645
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 4
- 10 to 19: 12
- Mobile homes: 184
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,800
Housing units in Avena township with a mortgage: 223 (17 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 191
- Construction (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (8%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Printing and related support activities (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Printing workers (4%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Avena township:
- German (28.8%)
- United States or American (28.1%)
- English (11.8%)
- Irish (11.8%)
- Scottish (2.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
- French (except Basque) (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 661 (81%)
- Carpooled: 92 (11%)
- Walked: 28 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 33 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Electricity (7%)
50 people in nursing homes
98.7% of residents of Avena township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 40% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,925- In family households: 1,692 (458 male householders, 92 female householders)
460 spouses, 606 children (535 natural, 12 adopted, 59 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 4 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 233 (76 male householders (61 living alone)), 130 female householders (129 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 49 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 235 2-persons, 120 3-persons, 130 4-persons, 46 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 190 1-person, 13 2-persons, 3 5-persons,
352 married couples with children.
125 single-parent households (33 men, 92 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 1.6% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 3.4% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |