Forrest township, Livingston County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (44% naturalized citizens)
| Forrest township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
72% of Forrest township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1486
- Northeast: 16
- Midwest: 135
- South: 69
- West: 20
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $19,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 555
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 26
- 5 to 9: 39
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Forrest township with a mortgage: 264 (34 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 159
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Construction (7%)
- Food (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Health care (19%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Forrest township:
- German (54.1%)
- United States or American (8.5%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- English (6.6%)
- Swiss (2.4%)
- Italian (2.2%)
- French (except Basque) (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (41%)
- Yugoslavia (28%)
- Netherlands (13%)
- Germany (6%)
- Other Western Europe (6%)
- Philippines (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 706 (82%)
- Carpooled: 44 (5%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 20 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 79 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
94.7% of residents of Forrest township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (42% speak English very well, 50% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,760- In family households: 1,560 (406 male householders, 60 female householders)
409 spouses, 609 children (567 natural, 20 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 14 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 200 (88 male householders (63 living alone)), 76 female householders (73 living alone)), 36 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 181 2-persons, 99 3-persons, 72 4-persons, 72 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 136 1-person, 22 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
411 married couples with children.
70 single-parent households (17 men, 53 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 1.8% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |