Steuben township, Marshall County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (62% naturalized citizens)
| Steuben township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
68% of Steuben township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% 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: 1178
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 81
- South: 50
- West: 35
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 497
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 28
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,300
Housing units in Steuben township with a mortgage: 189 (10 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 170
- Machinery (15%)
- Construction (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Steuben township:
- German (35.5%)
- English (16.3%)
- Irish (13.2%)
- United States or American (10.5%)
- Polish (3.5%)
- Swedish (2.7%)
- Norwegian (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (46%)
- Spain (23%)
- Philippines (15%)
- Canada (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 569 (80%)
- Carpooled: 81 (11%)
- Walked: 20 (3%)
- Worked at home: 37 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (47%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
95.2% of residents of Steuben township speak English at home.
3.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,375- In family households: 1,264 (359 male householders, 49 female householders)
347 spouses, 437 children (401 natural, 13 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 24 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 111 (41 male householders (31 living alone)), 51 female householders (51 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 164 2-persons, 99 3-persons, 78 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 82 1-person, 7 2-persons, 1 3-persons, 2 6-persons,
260 married couples with children.
34 single-parent households (7 men, 27 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26
| Here: | 15.5% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
| Here: | 13.5% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 31.4% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |