Henderson township, Knox County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Henderson township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
65% of Henderson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3848
- Northeast: 74
- Midwest: 83
- South: 621
- West: 94
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $14,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,375
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 13
- 10 to 19: 36
- 20 to 49: 15
- Mobile homes: 420
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,200
Housing units in Henderson township with a mortgage: 514 (23 second mortgage, 105 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 379
- Construction (21%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Henderson township:
- United States or American (29.8%)
- German (20.3%)
- English (13.4%)
- Irish (10.7%)
- French (except Basque) (4.1%)
- Italian (2.8%)
- Polish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,712 (87%)
- Carpooled: 188 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 11 (1%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 35 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (35%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Utility gas (22%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (4%)
98.3% of residents of Henderson township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 37% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,750- In family households: 4,343 (1,047 male householders, 300 female householders)
1,073 spouses, 1,553 children (1,331 natural, 49 adopted, 173 stepchildren), 154 grandchildren, 26 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 93 other relatives, 66 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 407 (135 male householders (104 living alone)), 229 female householders (223 living alone)), 43 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 442 2-persons, 383 3-persons, 341 4-persons, 128 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 327 1-person, 30 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
198 married couples with children.
28 single-parent households (11 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 52
| Here: | 9.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 0.6% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |