Metamora township, Woodford County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (63% naturalized citizens)
| Metamora township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
63% of Metamora township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2712
- Northeast: 66
- Midwest: 371
- South: 136
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
136 people in nursing homes
6 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,014
- One, attached: 97
- Two: 112
- 3 or 4: 49
- 5 to 9: 20
- 10 to 19: 10
- 50 or more: 7
- Mobile homes: 4
Housing units in Metamora township with a mortgage: 466 (43 second mortgage, 80 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 435
- Machinery (16%)
- Construction (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Metamora township:
- German (51.5%)
- English (11.5%)
- United States or American (6.5%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
- Scottish (2.5%)
- Swiss (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Turkey (26%)
- France (24%)
- Russia (24%)
- Laos (18%)
- Germany (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,275 (81%)
- Carpooled: 130 (8%)
- Bicycle: 14 (1%)
- Walked: 64 (4%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 86 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (70%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
136 people in nursing homes
6 people in religious group quarters
96.9% of residents of Metamora township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 56% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,212- In family households: 2,856 (831 male householders, 108 female householders)
846 spouses, 1,019 children (937 natural, 19 adopted, 63 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 7 other relatives, 28 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 356 (144 male householders (132 living alone)), 191 female householders (187 living alone)), 21 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 141 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 438 2-persons, 191 3-persons, 172 4-persons, 89 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 319 1-person, 12 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
740 married couples with children.
109 single-parent households (17 men, 92 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 91
| Here: | 20.4% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 29
| Here: | 13.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
| Here: | 10.5% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |