Martinton township, Iroquois County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Martinton township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
67% of Martinton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 961
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 86
- South: 37
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $46,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 388
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 7
- Mobile homes: 86
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Martinton township with a mortgage: 132 (4 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 80
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Construction (9%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Educational services (25%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Martinton township:
- German (18.1%)
- French (except Basque) (16.7%)
- English (15.6%)
- Irish (12.9%)
- United States or American (12.6%)
- French Canadian (8.8%)
- Italian (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 405 (77%)
- Carpooled: 56 (11%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 60 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (46%)
- Utility gas (40%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
98.9% of residents of Martinton township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,100- In family households: 1,002 (282 male householders, 27 female householders)
273 spouses, 401 children (383 natural, 0 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 0 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 98 (53 male householders (46 living alone)), 34 female householders (30 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 128 2-persons, 42 3-persons, 75 4-persons, 54 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 76 1-person, 9 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
248 married couples with children.
34 single-parent households (14 men, 20 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 5.7% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |