Emmet township, McDonough County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 8 (43% naturalized citizens)
| Emmet township: | 7.5% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
77% of Emmet township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 35% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 737
- Northeast: 59
- Midwest: 384
- South: 66
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 365
- One, attached: 197
- 5 to 9: 9
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $63,100
Housing units in Emmet township with a mortgage: 268 (12 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 155
- Educational services (41%)
- Health care (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Educational services (43%)
- Health care (20%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (2%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (2%)
- Postsecondary teachers (26%)
- Physicians and surgeons (10%)
- Top executives (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (12%)
- Postsecondary teachers (9%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Entertainers and performers, sports, and related workers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Emmet township:
- German (33.5%)
- Irish (13.1%)
- English (12.4%)
- United States or American (6.4%)
- Swedish (3.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
- Scottish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (26%)
- Taiwan (12%)
- Argentina (12%)
- Honduras (9%)
- Germany (7%)
- Other Eastern Europe (7%)
- Philippines (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 588 (86%)
- Carpooled: 47 (7%)
- Bicycle: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 35 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Wood (1%)
92.3% of residents of Emmet township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
3.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 51% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,376- In family households: 1,188 (386 male householders, 48 female householders)
381 spouses, 361 children (361 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 188 (51 male householders (50 living alone)), 118 female householders (100 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 257 2-persons, 67 3-persons, 67 4-persons, 31 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 150 1-person, 19 2-persons,
255 married couples with children.
37 single-parent households (11 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.5% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |