South Wheatland township, Macon County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (37% naturalized citizens)
| South Wheatland township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
73% of South Wheatland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 85% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3438
- Northeast: 70
- Midwest: 376
- South: 200
- West: 42
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $14,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,575
- One, attached: 21
- Two: 6
- Mobile homes: 127
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in South Wheatland township with a mortgage: 732 (68 second mortgage, 39 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 636
- Construction (10%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Food (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Wheatland township:
- German (32.2%)
- United States or American (16.0%)
- English (14.6%)
- Irish (12.5%)
- Italian (4.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (58%)
- Germany (42%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,919 (91%)
- Carpooled: 103 (5%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 25 (1%)
- Worked at home: 46 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (84%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (1%)
97.0% of residents of South Wheatland township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,160- In family households: 3,820 (1,183 male householders, 153 female householders)
1,214 spouses, 1,180 children (1,076 natural, 27 adopted, 77 stepchildren), 42 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 15 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 340 (135 male householders (131 living alone)), 182 female householders (171 living alone)), 23 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 692 2-persons, 296 3-persons, 254 4-persons, 73 5-persons, 21 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 302 1-person, 11 2-persons, 4 4-persons,
695 married couples with children.
189 single-parent households (71 men, 118 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 52
| Here: | 12.6% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 24
| Here: | 9.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 33
| Here: | 19.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |