Prophetstown township, Whiteside County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (74% naturalized citizens)
| Prophetstown township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
67% of Prophetstown township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2137
- Northeast: 38
- Midwest: 308
- South: 52
- West: 48
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $63,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Prophetstown township, Illinois:
- 79 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 73 people in nursing homes
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 914
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 73
- 3 or 4: 33
- 5 to 9: 20
- 10 to 19: 25
- 20 to 49: 5
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,600
Housing units in Prophetstown township with a mortgage: 365 (27 second mortgage, 47 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 355
- Metal and metal products (17%)
- Construction (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Prophetstown township:
- German (31.8%)
- Swedish (10.1%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- English (8.3%)
- Belgian (6.6%)
- United States or American (6.1%)
- Dutch (4.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (39%)
- Jordan (17%)
- Other Eastern Europe (13%)
- Netherlands (9%)
- Other Western Europe (9%)
- Canada (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,000 (82%)
- Carpooled: 94 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 58 (5%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 63 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
People in group quarters in Prophetstown township, Illinois:
- 79 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 73 people in nursing homes
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.4% of residents of Prophetstown township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,460- In family households: 2,140 (639 male householders, 87 female householders)
646 spouses, 697 children (612 natural, 15 adopted, 70 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 12 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 320 (135 male householders (123 living alone)), 161 female householders (158 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 158 (73 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 376 2-persons, 138 3-persons, 120 4-persons, 54 5-persons, 33 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 281 1-person, 9 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
449 married couples with children.
90 single-parent households (21 men, 69 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 1.2% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 8.6% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 3.5% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |