Rio township, Knox County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (13% naturalized citizens)
| Rio township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
77% of Rio township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 413
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 44
- South: 26
- West: 18
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 199
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in Rio township with a mortgage: 53 (0 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 63
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (24%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Rail transportation (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (22%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Warehousing and storage (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (16%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Woodworkers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (12%)
- Waiters and waitresses (10%)
- Therapists (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Life, physical, and social science technicians (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rio township:
- Swedish (36.8%)
- German (13.4%)
- Irish (12.5%)
- English (10.3%)
- United States or American (6.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.2%)
- Norwegian (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (88%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 208 (79%)
- Carpooled: 26 (10%)
- Walked: 6 (2%)
- Worked at home: 23 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 544- In family households: 501 (151 male householders, 12 female householders)
144 spouses, 164 children (153 natural, 0 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 3 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 43 (27 male householders (27 living alone)), 16 female householders (16 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 72 2-persons, 34 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 43 1-person,
106 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (4 men, 11 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: 2
| Here: | 20.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |