Taylorville township, Christian County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (40% naturalized citizens)
| Taylorville township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
58% of Taylorville 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, 65% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10681
- Northeast: 81
- Midwest: 791
- South: 698
- West: 190
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $80,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
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
People in group quarters in Taylorville township, Illinois:
- 176 people in nursing homes
- 48 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 42 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 42 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 41 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 26 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 15 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 4 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,310
- One, attached: 115
- Two: 152
- 3 or 4: 223
- 5 to 9: 217
- 10 to 19: 51
- 20 to 49: 56
- 50 or more: 241
- Mobile homes: 361
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,400
Housing units in Taylorville township with a mortgage: 1,957 (210 second mortgage, 109 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,403
- Construction (10%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Taylorville township:
- German (24.9%)
- United States or American (20.0%)
- English (12.2%)
- Irish (9.5%)
- Italian (8.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
- Dutch (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (42%)
- India (18%)
- Italy (8%)
- Canada (7%)
- Argentina (7%)
- Mexico (5%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,515 (78%)
- Carpooled: 946 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (0%)
- Taxi: 23 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 141 (2%)
- Other means: 47 (1%)
- Worked at home: 125 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
People in group quarters in Taylorville township, Illinois:
- 176 people in nursing homes
- 48 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 42 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 42 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 41 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 26 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 15 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 4 people in homes for the mentally ill
97.0% of residents of Taylorville township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 26% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (7% speak English very well, 81% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 12,336- In family households: 10,184 (2,677 male householders, 772 female householders)
2,758 spouses, 3,434 children (3,056 natural, 91 adopted, 287 stepchildren), 103 grandchildren, 89 brothers or sisters, 37 parents, 78 other relatives, 236 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,152 (802 male householders (656 living alone)), 1,092 female householders (1,021 living alone)), 258 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 369 (268 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,614 2-persons, 808 3-persons, 663 4-persons, 269 5-persons, 71 6-persons, 24 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,677 1-person, 186 2-persons, 27 3-persons, 4 5-persons,
2,026 married couples with children.
761 single-parent households (205 men, 556 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 199
| Here: | 13.4% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 60
| Here: | 9.2% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 29
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |