Clear Lake township, Sangamon County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (75% naturalized citizens)
| Clear Lake township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
66% of Clear Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% 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: 6924
- Northeast: 100
- Midwest: 714
- South: 149
- West: 154
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $93,600
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 Clear Lake township, Illinois:
- 137 people in religious group quarters
- 100 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 7 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,363
- One, attached: 33
- Two: 68
- 3 or 4: 23
- 5 to 9: 47
- 10 to 19: 25
- 20 to 49: 8
- Mobile homes: 645
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,400
Housing units in Clear Lake township with a mortgage: 1,348 (131 second mortgage, 254 home equity loan, 14 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 523
- Public administration (14%)
- Construction (14%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Public administration (22%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (16%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Clear Lake township:
- German (30.0%)
- Irish (14.7%)
- English (14.1%)
- Italian (10.5%)
- United States or American (7.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.9%)
- Scottish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (46%)
- Other South Central Asia (15%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Canada (9%)
- Russia (7%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
- Italy (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,827 (87%)
- Carpooled: 413 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 22 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 74 (2%)
- Other means: 12 (0%)
- Worked at home: 71 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (82%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Electricity (8%)
People in group quarters in Clear Lake township, Illinois:
- 137 people in religious group quarters
- 100 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 7 people in nursing homes
97.6% of residents of Clear Lake township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (32% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 51% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,892- In family households: 7,021 (1,862 male householders, 419 female householders)
1,898 spouses, 2,525 children (2,224 natural, 73 adopted, 228 stepchildren), 68 grandchildren, 24 brothers or sisters, 23 parents, 78 other relatives, 124 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 871 (335 male householders (270 living alone)), 408 female householders (348 living alone)), 128 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 248 (10 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 947 2-persons, 568 3-persons, 501 4-persons, 193 5-persons, 63 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 618 1-person, 113 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
1,503 married couples with children.
455 single-parent households (118 men, 337 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 33
| Here: | 3.1% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 66
| Here: | 11.6% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18
| Here: | 8.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |