Limestone township, Peoria County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (65% naturalized citizens)
| Limestone township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
64% of Limestone township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 15906
- Northeast: 173
- Midwest: 1461
- South: 1141
- West: 434
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $90,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Limestone township, Illinois:
- 359 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 270 people in nursing homes
- 40 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 40 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 6,788
- One, attached: 65
- Two: 170
- 3 or 4: 124
- 5 to 9: 80
- 10 to 19: 62
- 20 to 49: 13
- 50 or more: 78
- Mobile homes: 329
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,900
Housing units in Limestone township with a mortgage: 3,543 (300 second mortgage, 580 home equity loan, 21 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,063
- Machinery (12%)
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Limestone township:
- German (32.5%)
- United States or American (14.3%)
- Irish (11.2%)
- English (9.8%)
- Italian (4.2%)
- Scottish (2.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (15%)
- India (11%)
- Mexico (11%)
- Germany (11%)
- Other Western Europe (7%)
- Austria (7%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,886 (87%)
- Carpooled: 757 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 15 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 10 (0%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 74 (1%)
- Other means: 60 (1%)
- Worked at home: 217 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (86%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
People in group quarters in Limestone township, Illinois:
- 359 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 270 people in nursing homes
- 40 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 40 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.1% of residents of Limestone township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 18,631- In family households: 16,312 (4,405 male householders, 1,057 female householders)
4,615 spouses, 5,441 children (4,866 natural, 129 adopted, 446 stepchildren), 302 grandchildren, 54 brothers or sisters, 66 parents, 104 other relatives, 268 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,319 (936 male householders (729 living alone)), 1,021 female householders (974 living alone)), 362 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 730 (653 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,459 2-persons, 1,298 3-persons, 1,110 4-persons, 393 5-persons, 168 6-persons, 34 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,703 1-person, 207 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 10 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
3,134 married couples with children.
902 single-parent households (230 men, 672 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 145
| Here: | 6.8% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 75
| Here: | 6.6% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 104
| Here: | 13.1% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |