Rochester township, Sangamon County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (63% naturalized citizens)
| Rochester township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
67% of Rochester 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, 66% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3681
- Northeast: 49
- Midwest: 401
- South: 137
- West: 71
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $59,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
8 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,603
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 32
- 5 to 9: 5
- 20 to 49: 10
- Mobile homes: 70
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Rochester township with a mortgage: 980 (145 second mortgage, 148 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 379
- Public administration (17%)
- Construction (12%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Health care (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (18%)
- Public administration (17%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- U. S. Postal service (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rochester township:
- German (29.1%)
- English (19.8%)
- Irish (11.7%)
- United States or American (7.5%)
- Italian (7.0%)
- Swedish (2.9%)
- Polish (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (27%)
- Taiwan (23%)
- Other Northern Europe (17%)
- Other Northern Africa (14%)
- Korea (7%)
- India (7%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,018 (85%)
- Carpooled: 229 (10%)
- Taxi: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 22 (1%)
- Worked at home: 104 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (67%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Wood (1%)
8 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.2% of residents of Rochester township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (24% speak English very well, 76% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,415- In family households: 4,062 (1,143 male householders, 179 female householders)
1,206 spouses, 1,461 children (1,337 natural, 22 adopted, 102 stepchildren), 26 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 10 other relatives, 32 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 353 (100 male householders (85 living alone)), 209 female householders (184 living alone)), 44 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 557 2-persons, 346 3-persons, 310 4-persons, 94 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 269 1-person, 37 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
969 married couples with children.
196 single-parent households (44 men, 152 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
| Here: | 2.5% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 3.2% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 24
| Here: | 10.8% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |