Peru township, La Salle County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (37% naturalized citizens)
| Peru township: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
70% of Peru township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8683
- Northeast: 163
- Midwest: 680
- South: 273
- West: 101
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in Peru township, Illinois:
- 221 people in nursing homes
- 40 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in religious group quarters
- 8 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,556
- One, attached: 50
- Two: 308
- 3 or 4: 156
- 5 to 9: 145
- 10 to 19: 150
- 20 to 49: 34
- 50 or more: 110
- Mobile homes: 84
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,700
Housing units in Peru township with a mortgage: 1,480 (135 second mortgage, 104 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,508
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Health care (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Peru township:
- German (25.1%)
- Polish (18.2%)
- Italian (15.6%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- English (6.3%)
- United States or American (5.9%)
- Scottish (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (49%)
- Canada (8%)
- Other Eastern Europe (7%)
- India (7%)
- Japan (6%)
- Korea (4%)
- Egypt (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,997 (85%)
- Carpooled: 452 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Railroad: 5 (0%)
- Taxi: 19 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 88 (2%)
- Other means: 15 (0%)
- Worked at home: 128 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (93%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Peru township, Illinois:
- 221 people in nursing homes
- 40 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in religious group quarters
- 8 people in other group homes
94.4% of residents of Peru township speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (26% speak English very well, 49% speak English well, 26% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (13% speak English very well, 88% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,017- In family households: 8,302 (2,235 male householders, 548 female householders)
2,438 spouses, 2,756 children (2,515 natural, 99 adopted, 142 stepchildren), 76 grandchildren, 51 brothers or sisters, 49 parents, 36 other relatives, 113 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,715 (619 male householders (528 living alone)), 893 female householders (823 living alone)), 203 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 279 (196 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,372 2-persons, 567 3-persons, 553 4-persons, 184 5-persons, 94 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,351 1-person, 144 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 5 4-persons, 3 5-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
1,710 married couples with children.
379 single-parent households (75 men, 304 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 279
| Here: | 27.8% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 119
| Here: | 20.4% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 1.9% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |