Ellington township, Adams County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Ellington township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
69% of Ellington 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, 27% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2372
- Northeast: 50
- Midwest: 424
- South: 51
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $64,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 995
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 6
- Mobile homes: 47
Median worth of mobile homes: $73,000
Housing units in Ellington township with a mortgage: 493 (23 second mortgage, 51 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 228
- Construction (9%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Petroleum and coal products (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ellington township:
- German (57.8%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- United States or American (9.5%)
- English (5.8%)
- Italian (3.9%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
- Swiss (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (68%)
- Korea (32%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,319 (87%)
- Carpooled: 105 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 19 (1%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 64 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Wood (2%)
97.0% of residents of Ellington township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,969- In family households: 2,766 (780 male householders, 89 female householders)
766 spouses, 961 children (845 natural, 67 adopted, 49 stepchildren), 64 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 42 other relatives, 34 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 203 (75 male householders (58 living alone)), 75 female householders (62 living alone)), 53 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 363 2-persons, 184 3-persons, 174 4-persons, 111 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 120 1-person, 19 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
693 married couples with children.
87 single-parent households (27 men, 60 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 145
| Here: | 34.9% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 41
| Here: | 19.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18
| Here: | 22.8% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |