East Oakland township, Coles County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (13% naturalized citizens)
| East Oakland township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
61% of East Oakland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1399
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 169
- South: 79
- West: 20
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $31,700
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: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in East Oakland township, Illinois:
- 110 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 15 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 6 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 570
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 13
- Mobile homes: 96
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,000
Housing units in East Oakland township with a mortgage: 199 (8 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 181
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Oakland township:
- United States or American (22.0%)
- German (21.4%)
- English (17.6%)
- Irish (14.4%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
- Dutch (2.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (60%)
- Ireland (27%)
- Canada (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 592 (75%)
- Carpooled: 115 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 24 (3%)
- Walked: 15 (2%)
- Other means: 12 (2%)
- Worked at home: 34 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (55%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Wood (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in East Oakland township, Illinois:
- 110 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 15 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 6 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
99.0% of residents of East Oakland township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,570- In family households: 1,396 (375 male householders, 120 female householders)
399 spouses, 449 children (406 natural, 13 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 9 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 174 (73 male householders (68 living alone)), 94 female householders (92 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 131 (8 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 249 2-persons, 110 3-persons, 81 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 160 1-person, 7 2-persons,
287 married couples with children.
88 single-parent households (20 men, 68 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 2.8% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |