Persifer township, Knox County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Persifer township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
56% of Persifer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 720
- Northeast: 18
- Midwest: 115
- South: 17
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $275,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 522
- One, attached: 9
- Mobile homes: 4
Housing units in Persifer township with a mortgage: 200 (3 second mortgage, 33 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 101
- Construction (25%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (30%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Carpenters (14%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Customer service representatives (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Persifer township:
- German (23.1%)
- English (22.8%)
- United States or American (14.7%)
- Irish (11.4%)
- Swedish (9.9%)
- European (2.9%)
- Dutch (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Greece (59%)
- Vietnam (24%)
- Mexico (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 353 (80%)
- Carpooled: 65 (15%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 22 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (77%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Utility gas (8%)
- Wood (4%)
95.8% of residents of Persifer township speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 901- In family households: 827 (284 male householders, 18 female householders)
300 spouses, 193 children (179 natural, 9 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 15 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 74 (32 male householders (20 living alone)), 29 female householders (26 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 182 2-persons, 55 3-persons, 50 4-persons, 5 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 46 1-person, 15 2-persons,
138 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (10 men, 8 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% |