Medina township, Peoria County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (80% naturalized citizens)
Medina township: | 2.6% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
62% of Medina township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4832
- Northeast: 156
- Midwest: 817
- South: 298
- West: 142
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $56,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,069
- One, attached: 33
- Two: 52
- 3 or 4: 13
- 5 to 9: 16
- 10 to 19: 33
- 20 to 49: 20
- 50 or more: 56
- Mobile homes: 224
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Medina township with a mortgage: 1,153 (94 second mortgage, 303 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 588
- Machinery (28%)
- Construction (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Engineers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Top executives (3%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Medina township:
- German (34.6%)
- English (12.7%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- United States or American (8.9%)
- French (except Basque) (3.2%)
- Italian (3.1%)
- Swedish (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (16%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (16%)
- Germany (11%)
- Poland (11%)
- Taiwan (8%)
- Canada (6%)
- Korea (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,954 (88%)
- Carpooled: 267 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (0%)
- Other means: 21 (1%)
- Worked at home: 90 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (79%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (1%)
96.1% of residents of Medina township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,436- In family households: 5,804 (1,668 male householders, 263 female householders)
1,723 spouses, 1,972 children (1,798 natural, 55 adopted, 119 stepchildren), 72 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 39 other relatives, 40 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 632 (235 male householders (202 living alone)), 312 female householders (266 living alone)), 85 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 888 2-persons, 412 3-persons, 407 4-persons, 186 5-persons, 38 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 468 1-person, 70 2-persons, 9 3-persons,
1,425 married couples with children.
180 single-parent households (49 men, 131 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 167
Here: | 21.4% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 88
Here: | 22.7% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 59
Here: | 27.7% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |