New Berlin township, Sangamon County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (64% naturalized citizens)
| New Berlin township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
54% of New Berlin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 81% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1021
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 93
- South: 46
- West: 22
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $117,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 469
- One, attached: 6
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 10
- 10 to 19: 21
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 26
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,400
Housing units in New Berlin township with a mortgage: 259 (22 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 124
- Public administration (16%)
- Construction (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Finance and insurance (19%)
- Health care (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other financial specialists (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in New Berlin township:
- German (32.7%)
- English (16.0%)
- Irish (16.0%)
- United States or American (12.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
- Italian (2.6%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (45%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (36%)
- United Kingdom (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 501 (79%)
- Carpooled: 80 (13%)
- Walked: 15 (2%)
- Worked at home: 36 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (70%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
98.0% of residents of New Berlin township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (22% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 44% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,212- In family households: 1,036 (288 male householders, 60 female householders)
303 spouses, 368 children (346 natural, 2 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 2 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 176 (73 male householders (65 living alone)), 95 female householders (95 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 150 2-persons, 98 3-persons, 64 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 160 1-person, 8 2-persons,
257 married couples with children.
58 single-parent households (14 men, 44 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 14.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 6.5% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
| Here: | 27.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |