Chenoa township, McLean County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Chenoa township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
63% of Chenoa township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1855
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 193
- South: 183
- West: 35
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $57,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
82 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 777
- One, attached: 15
- Two: 49
- 3 or 4: 45
- 5 to 9: 13
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 24
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $58,300
Housing units in Chenoa township with a mortgage: 371 (43 second mortgage, 27 home equity loan, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 210
- Construction (12%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Finance and insurance (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Chenoa township:
- German (36.3%)
- United States or American (13.7%)
- English (11.5%)
- Irish (10.0%)
- French (except Basque) (3.2%)
- Scottish (2.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (46%)
- Ukraine (14%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Vietnam (11%)
- Austria (7%)
- Poland (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 898 (78%)
- Carpooled: 137 (12%)
- Bicycle: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 44 (4%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 61 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (86%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Electricity (5%)
82 people in nursing homes
95.4% of residents of Chenoa township speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (43% speak English very well, 57% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,230- In family households: 1,927 (528 male householders, 96 female householders)
576 spouses, 624 children (550 natural, 24 adopted, 50 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 29 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 303 (100 male householders (62 living alone)), 154 female householders (152 living alone)), 49 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 83 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 293 2-persons, 114 3-persons, 121 4-persons, 72 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 214 1-person, 33 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 1 5-persons,
479 married couples with children.
86 single-parent households (25 men, 61 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 1.0% |
| 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: 6
| Here: | 12.2% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |