Roanoke township, Woodford County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (75% naturalized citizens)
| Roanoke township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
68% of Roanoke township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 86% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2253
- Northeast: 27
- Midwest: 148
- South: 55
- West: 27
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $77,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.2%
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
69 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 868
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 53
- 3 or 4: 39
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 2
Housing units in Roanoke township with a mortgage: 326 (23 second mortgage, 55 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 355
- Construction (15%)
- Machinery (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Health care (32%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Roanoke township:
- German (53.6%)
- Italian (7.2%)
- Irish (5.9%)
- United States or American (5.7%)
- Swiss (5.2%)
- English (5.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- France (25%)
- Italy (25%)
- Nigeria (25%)
- Panama (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 992 (85%)
- Carpooled: 81 (7%)
- Walked: 31 (3%)
- Worked at home: 58 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
69 people in nursing homes
98.3% of residents of Roanoke township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (48% speak English very well, 52% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,461- In family households: 2,193 (631 male householders, 78 female householders)
628 spouses, 815 children (726 natural, 34 adopted, 55 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 11 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 268 (107 male householders (93 living alone)), 132 female householders (125 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 71 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 314 2-persons, 142 3-persons, 142 4-persons, 68 5-persons, 31 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 218 1-person, 15 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
596 married couples with children.
69 single-parent households (12 men, 57 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 39
| Here: | 14.7% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 4.7% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 15.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |