Maquon township, Knox County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Maquon township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
64% of Maquon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 28% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 504
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 64
- South: 5
- West: 24
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 200
- Two: 3
- Mobile homes: 27
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,500
Housing units in Maquon township with a mortgage: 32 (0 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4
- Construction (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Utilities (7%)
- Air transportation (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Maquon township:
- German (18.8%)
- Swedish (17.0%)
- Norwegian (12.7%)
- Finnish (10.9%)
- English (5.3%)
- French (except Basque) (5.3%)
- French Canadian (4.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Greece (67%)
- United Kingdom (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 261 (81%)
- Carpooled: 45 (14%)
- Worked at home: 16 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (30%)
- Wood (18%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Solar energy (1%)
96.7% of residents of Maquon township speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 615- In family households: 542 (145 male householders, 19 female householders)
145 spouses, 216 children (201 natural, 8 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 2 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 73 (29 male householders (24 living alone)), 27 female householders (17 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 50 2-persons, 47 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 41 1-person, 15 2-persons,
101 married couples with children.
29 single-parent households (14 men, 15 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1
| Here: | 1.4% |
| 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: 9
| Here: | 20.5% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |