Pontiac township, Livingston County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (42% naturalized citizens)
| Pontiac township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
52% of Pontiac township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10528
- Northeast: 172
- Midwest: 1015
- South: 827
- West: 193
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $68,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
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 Pontiac township, Illinois:
- 1,603 people in state prisons
- 238 people in nursing homes
- 58 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 50 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 21 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,225
- One, attached: 101
- Two: 261
- 3 or 4: 307
- 5 to 9: 225
- 10 to 19: 135
- 20 to 49: 20
- 50 or more: 194
- Mobile homes: 472
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,300
Housing units in Pontiac township with a mortgage: 1,630 (195 second mortgage, 122 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 991
- Public administration (12%)
- Printing and related support activities (9%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Construction (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Printing and related support activities (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pontiac township:
- German (29.7%)
- United States or American (16.1%)
- Irish (15.3%)
- English (9.5%)
- Italian (3.2%)
- Norwegian (3.0%)
- Swedish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (29%)
- Other Western Asia (12%)
- Taiwan (9%)
- Ireland (6%)
- Cuba (6%)
- Germany (5%)
- Other Eastern Europe (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,372 (79%)
- Carpooled: 607 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 74 (1%)
- Taxi: 11 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 11 (0%)
- Walked: 242 (4%)
- Other means: 24 (0%)
- Worked at home: 192 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (84%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
People in group quarters in Pontiac township, Illinois:
- 1,603 people in state prisons
- 238 people in nursing homes
- 58 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 50 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 21 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in religious group quarters
95.9% of residents of Pontiac township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (85% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,084- In family households: 9,193 (2,337 male householders, 705 female householders)
2,379 spouses, 3,205 children (2,916 natural, 59 adopted, 230 stepchildren), 140 grandchildren, 35 brothers or sisters, 56 parents, 117 other relatives, 219 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,891 (670 male householders (560 living alone)), 972 female householders (894 living alone)), 249 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,971 (1,942 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,417 2-persons, 626 3-persons, 588 4-persons, 282 5-persons, 69 6-persons, 60 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,454 1-person, 153 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
1,888 married couples with children.
861 single-parent households (185 men, 676 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 191
| Here: | 13.8% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 40
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 46
| Here: | 21.1% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |