Otego township, Fayette County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Otego township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
66% of Otego township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1210
- Northeast: 25
- Midwest: 136
- South: 47
- West: 22
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $42,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 410
- One, attached: 6
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 200
Median worth of mobile homes: $43,800
Housing units in Otego township with a mortgage: 118 (16 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 127
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Plastics and rubber products (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Otego township:
- German (29.8%)
- United States or American (29.1%)
- English (11.1%)
- Irish (6.2%)
- Italian (2.7%)
- Dutch (2.6%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Europe (71%)
- Brazil (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 456 (75%)
- Carpooled: 100 (16%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 13 (2%)
- Other means: 16 (3%)
- Worked at home: 21 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (45%)
- Utility gas (45%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.6% of residents of Otego township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (36% speak English very well, 64% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,446- In family households: 1,190 (340 male householders, 51 female householders)
308 spouses, 416 children (366 natural, 20 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 28 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 1 other relatives, 37 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 256 (77 male householders (66 living alone)), 137 female householders (113 living alone)), 42 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 191 2-persons, 81 3-persons, 56 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 179 1-person, 33 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
276 married couples with children.
80 single-parent households (22 men, 58 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 6.2% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 10.5% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |