Pekin township, Tazewell County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 12.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.4 sq. mi.
Population: 30,600 (100% urban, 0% rural)
| Males: 14,695 |  (48.0%) |
| Females: 15,905 |  (52.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 30,195 (21,832 owner occupied, 8,363 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 28% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Pekin township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.5%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Asian: 0.4%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 1.1%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
- Some other race: 0.0%
Median age of males: 36.3
Median age of females: 37.9
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Average household size: 2.39
| Pekin township: | 2.4 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.93
| Pekin township: | $56,656 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $558 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $130,100 (it was $89,300 in 2000)
| : | $130,100 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $154,380
Here: $154,380 State: $228,842
Townhouses or other attached units: $152,552
Here: $152,552 State: $200,693
In 2-unit structures: $130,736
Here: $130,736 State: $206,569
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $117,140
Here: $117,140 State: $222,493
Mobile homes: $10,559
Here: $10,559 State: $36,193
| Population density: 2447 people per square mile | (very high). |
| This township: | 13.6% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Pekin, North Pekin.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery (1), Gardenrest Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Worley Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Creek: Lick Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Park in Pekin township: Pekin Lake Conservation Area (1). Display/hide its location on the map
86% of Pekin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 90
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 51
- South: 0
- West: 2
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
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
People in group quarters in Pekin township, Illinois:
- 185 people in nursing homes
- 91 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 73 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 54 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 52
- Mobile homes: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Pekin township with a mortgage: 4 (4 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4
- Machinery (11%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pekin township:
- German (41.0%)
- Norwegian (23.8%)
- United States or American (10.7%)
- Finnish (7.4%)
- Danish (3.3%)
- Dutch (3.3%)
- English (3.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 51 (69%)
- Carpooled: 4 (5%)
- Worked at home: 19 (26%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (60%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%)
- Electricity (12%)
People in group quarters in Pekin township, Illinois:
- 185 people in nursing homes
- 91 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 73 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 54 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in religious group quarters
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 147- In family households: 131 (34 male householders, 5 female householders)
35 spouses, 57 children (55 natural, 2 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 16 (12 male householders (9 living alone)), 2 female householders (2 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 20 2-persons, 11 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 11 1-person, 3 2-persons,
4,896 married couples with children.
2,013 single-parent households (454 men, 1,559 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |