West Peoria township, Peoria County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (42% naturalized citizens)
| West Peoria township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
62% of West Peoria township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3911
- Northeast: 70
- Midwest: 373
- South: 288
- West: 54
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $76,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in West Peoria township, Illinois:
- 162 people in nursing homes
- 21 people in religious group quarters
- 17 people in other group homes
- 14 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 14 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,919
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 77
- 3 or 4: 42
- 5 to 9: 7
- 10 to 19: 8
- Mobile homes: 134
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in West Peoria township with a mortgage: 976 (80 second mortgage, 125 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 492
- Machinery (12%)
- Construction (12%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Peoria township:
- German (32.6%)
- United States or American (13.9%)
- Irish (11.2%)
- English (8.0%)
- Italian (3.2%)
- Swedish (3.1%)
- Polish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (45%)
- Italy (19%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (13%)
- Thailand (13%)
- Cambodia (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,063 (90%)
- Carpooled: 130 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 16 (1%)
- Taxi: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 23 (1%)
- Worked at home: 50 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (90%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in West Peoria township, Illinois:
- 162 people in nursing homes
- 21 people in religious group quarters
- 17 people in other group homes
- 14 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 14 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.0% of residents of West Peoria township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 44% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,563- In family households: 3,652 (1,018 male householders, 236 female householders)
1,002 spouses, 1,185 children (1,097 natural, 12 adopted, 76 stepchildren), 38 grandchildren, 29 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 32 other relatives, 105 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 911 (311 male householders (248 living alone)), 452 female householders (400 living alone)), 148 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 223 (157 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 652 2-persons, 283 3-persons, 214 4-persons, 74 5-persons, 31 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 648 1-person, 97 2-persons, 18 3-persons,
661 married couples with children.
260 single-parent households (58 men, 202 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 198
| Here: | 47.7% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 98
| Here: | 54.7% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 47
| Here: | 23.6% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |