Divernon township, Sangamon County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Divernon township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
62% of Divernon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1316
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 98
- South: 63
- West: 28
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $67,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 575
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 13
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 12
- 10 to 19: 3
- Mobile homes: 40
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,300
Housing units in Divernon township with a mortgage: 310 (38 second mortgage, 52 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 127
- Construction (14%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Divernon township:
- German (30.3%)
- English (16.7%)
- United States or American (10.9%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- Italian (7.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.4%)
- Polish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (60%)
- Germany (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 653 (74%)
- Carpooled: 161 (18%)
- Walked: 21 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 39 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
98.6% of residents of Divernon township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,528- In family households: 1,351 (344 male householders, 99 female householders)
363 spouses, 476 children (438 natural, 4 adopted, 34 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 177 (70 male householders (56 living alone)), 76 female householders (64 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 203 2-persons, 95 3-persons, 86 4-persons, 45 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 120 1-person, 24 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
288 married couples with children.
81 single-parent households (20 men, 61 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.1% |
| 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: 4
| Here: | 7.7% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |