Decatur township, Macon County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (43% naturalized citizens)
| Decatur township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
52% of Decatur township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 44722
- Northeast: 708
- Midwest: 5064
- South: 5864
- West: 1065
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Decatur township, Illinois:
- 1,570 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 790 people in nursing homes
- 235 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 107 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 48 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 42 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 17 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 15 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 12 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 11 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 11 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 10 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 9 people in religious group quarters
- 7 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 20,138
- One, attached: 260
- Two: 684
- 3 or 4: 899
- 5 to 9: 1,255
- 10 to 19: 1,167
- 20 to 49: 364
- 50 or more: 866
- Mobile homes: 806
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Decatur township with a mortgage: 8,351 (614 second mortgage, 444 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,695
- Construction (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- 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 (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Decatur township:
- German (18.2%)
- United States or American (15.0%)
- Irish (8.9%)
- English (8.6%)
- Italian (1.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.6%)
- French (except Basque) (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (16%)
- Germany (15%)
- Canada (7%)
- Philippines (6%)
- India (6%)
- Korea (6%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 18,944 (80%)
- Carpooled: 2,802 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 331 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 5 (0%)
- Railroad: 5 (0%)
- Taxi: 65 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 37 (0%)
- Bicycle: 64 (0%)
- Walked: 879 (4%)
- Other means: 132 (1%)
- Worked at home: 505 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (82%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Decatur township, Illinois:
- 1,570 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 790 people in nursing homes
- 235 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 107 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 48 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 42 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 17 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 15 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 12 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 11 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 11 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 10 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 9 people in religious group quarters
- 7 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
96.4% of residents of Decatur township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 55,513- In family households: 44,059 (9,727 male householders, 4,688 female householders)
9,795 spouses, 15,955 children (14,427 natural, 483 adopted, 1,045 stepchildren), 1,262 grandchildren, 351 brothers or sisters, 298 parents, 632 other relatives, 1,351 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 11,454 (4,226 male householders (3,401 living alone)), 5,263 female householders (4,703 living alone)), 1,965 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2,869 (1,126 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 6,518 2-persons, 3,491 3-persons, 2,475 4-persons, 1,152 5-persons, 476 6-persons, 303 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 8,104 1-person, 1,087 2-persons, 95 3-persons, 154 4-persons, 36 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
6,901 married couples with children.
5,731 single-parent households (799 men, 4,932 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 813
| Here: | 12.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 242
| Here: | 9.2% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2,355
| Here: | 61.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |