Amity township, Livingston County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Amity township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
73% of Amity township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 759
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 69
- South: 17
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 319
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 11
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 26
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,800
Housing units in Amity township with a mortgage: 124 (13 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 93
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Construction (11%)
- Printing and related support activities (9%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Amity township:
- German (38.5%)
- United States or American (13.7%)
- English (9.8%)
- Irish (7.2%)
- Norwegian (6.7%)
- Italian (2.8%)
- Swedish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 345 (76%)
- Carpooled: 71 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 22 (5%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 8 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
97.4% of residents of Amity township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 37% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 869- In family households: 786 (225 male householders, 35 female householders)
204 spouses, 276 children (243 natural, 0 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 8 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 83 (42 male householders (38 living alone)), 36 female householders (34 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 117 2-persons, 44 3-persons, 57 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 72 1-person, 6 2-persons,
179 married couples with children.
40 single-parent households (10 men, 30 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 5.0% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 13.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |