Lafayette township, Coles County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Lafayette township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
63% of Lafayette 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, 79% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3731
- Northeast: 95
- Midwest: 262
- South: 255
- West: 152
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $46,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
147 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,501
- One, attached: 21
- Two: 69
- 3 or 4: 12
- 5 to 9: 49
- 10 to 19: 97
- 20 to 49: 28
- 50 or more: 292
- Mobile homes: 57
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,600
Housing units in Lafayette township with a mortgage: 698 (17 second mortgage, 53 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 453
- Construction (11%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lafayette township:
- United States or American (23.5%)
- German (19.9%)
- English (13.9%)
- Irish (11.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.1%)
- French (except Basque) (3.1%)
- Italian (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (47%)
- Germany (21%)
- Italy (18%)
- Russia (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,737 (85%)
- Carpooled: 181 (9%)
- Taxi: 16 (1%)
- Walked: 23 (1%)
- Other means: 15 (1%)
- Worked at home: 70 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Electricity (36%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- No fuel used (1%)
147 people in nursing homes
97.3% of residents of Lafayette township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (39% speak English very well, 47% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,386- In family households: 3,636 (1,120 male householders, 139 female householders)
1,122 spouses, 1,076 children (965 natural, 30 adopted, 81 stepchildren), 59 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 31 other relatives, 58 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 750 (199 male householders (176 living alone)), 509 female householders (498 living alone)), 42 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 143 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 653 2-persons, 266 3-persons, 228 4-persons, 86 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 674 1-person, 34 2-persons,
714 married couples with children.
158 single-parent households (46 men, 112 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 62
| Here: | 13.2% |
| 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: 7
| Here: | 7.5% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |