Perryton township, Mercer County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Perryton township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
60% of Perryton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 24% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 18% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 332
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 90
- South: 0
- West: 34
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 186
- Mobile homes: 7
Housing units in Perryton township with a mortgage: 48 (3 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 23
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (35%)
- Construction (14%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (26%)
- Construction (18%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (23%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Life and physical scientists (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Financial managers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Other financial specialists (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Perryton township:
- German (38.5%)
- English (25.2%)
- Swedish (6.2%)
- Irish (5.7%)
- Czech (4.0%)
- Belgian (3.4%)
- Croatian (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 175 (77%)
- Carpooled: 25 (11%)
- Worked at home: 26 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (68%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Utility gas (6%)
- Wood (4%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 471- In family households: 427 (124 male householders, 23 female householders)
118 spouses, 134 children (117 natural, 0 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 44 (19 male householders (19 living alone)), 16 female householders (8 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 75 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 26 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 27 1-person, 8 2-persons,
115 married couples with children.
9 single-parent households (5 men, 4 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% |