Somer township, Champaign County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Somer township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
58% of Somer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 79% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1087
- Northeast: 28
- Midwest: 111
- South: 92
- West: 25
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 10.1%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 310
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 26
- Mobile homes: 204
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,300
Housing units in Somer township with a mortgage: 157 (15 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 27
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Health care (12%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Retail florists (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Top executives (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Cashiers (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (6%)
- Financial managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Somer township:
- German (35.5%)
- Irish (13.8%)
- United States or American (10.1%)
- French (except Basque) (9.6%)
- English (5.5%)
- Italian (5.0%)
- Dutch (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- France (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 499 (71%)
- Carpooled: 162 (23%)
- Other means: 11 (2%)
- Worked at home: 33 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (58%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (2%)
91.9% of residents of Somer township speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 48% speak English well).
4.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,355- In family households: 1,174 (293 male householders, 92 female householders)
254 spouses, 441 children (402 natural, 6 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 77 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 181 (66 male householders (66 living alone)), 102 female householders (96 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 167 2-persons, 91 3-persons, 79 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 13 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 162 1-person, 6 3-persons,
222 married couples with children.
115 single-parent households (36 men, 79 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 54
| Here: | 34.0% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |