Cedar township, Knox County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Cedar township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
63% of Cedar township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2797
- Northeast: 40
- Midwest: 347
- South: 175
- West: 37
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $18,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
60 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,366
- Two: 36
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 12
- 20 to 49: 13
- 50 or more: 42
Housing units in Cedar township with a mortgage: 588 (49 second mortgage, 55 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 464
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
- Construction (8%)
- Rail transportation (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cedar township:
- German (22.3%)
- Irish (16.6%)
- United States or American (13.3%)
- Swedish (10.4%)
- English (10.2%)
- Polish (2.6%)
- Norwegian (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (47%)
- Korea (32%)
- Greece (21%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,355 (84%)
- Carpooled: 149 (9%)
- Walked: 35 (2%)
- Other means: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 56 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (80%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
60 people in nursing homes
96.7% of residents of Cedar township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 15% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,369- In family households: 2,869 (882 male householders, 126 female householders)
830 spouses, 866 children (802 natural, 8 adopted, 56 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 25 brothers or sisters, 24 parents, 22 other relatives, 67 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 500 (172 male householders (126 living alone)), 242 female householders (218 living alone)), 86 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 61 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 511 2-persons, 219 3-persons, 194 4-persons, 75 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 344 1-person, 57 2-persons, 13 3-persons,
515 married couples with children.
161 single-parent households (43 men, 118 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 32
| Here: | 10.1% |
| 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: 12
| Here: | 8.1% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |