Peoria City township, Peoria County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (44% naturalized citizens)
| Peoria City township: | 4.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
50% of Peoria City township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 81593
- Northeast: 2047
- Midwest: 10848
- South: 10231
- West: 2567
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $50,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Peoria City township, Illinois:
- 2,607 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 1,261 people in nursing homes
- 478 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 245 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 179 people in state prisons
- 166 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 144 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 77 people in other group homes
- 64 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 60 people in religious group quarters
- 56 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 56 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 37 people in military hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 27 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 23 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 12 people in halfway houses
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 32,178
- One, attached: 1,192
- Two: 2,395
- 3 or 4: 1,662
- 5 to 9: 3,029
- 10 to 19: 3,425
- 20 to 49: 2,524
- 50 or more: 2,131
- Mobile homes: 495
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,200
Housing units in Peoria City township with a mortgage: 16,172 (1,388 second mortgage, 2,473 home equity loan, 81 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8,624
- Machinery (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Construction (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Peoria City township:
- German (20.4%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- English (7.3%)
- United States or American (7.1%)
- Italian (3.1%)
- Swedish (1.6%)
- Polish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (15%)
- India (13%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
- Lebanon (7%)
- Germany (5%)
- Vietnam (4%)
- Canada (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 39,308 (80%)
- Carpooled: 5,171 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1,371 (3%)
- Subway or elevated: 7 (0%)
- Ferryboat: 5 (0%)
- Taxi: 175 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
- Bicycle: 49 (0%)
- Walked: 1,856 (4%)
- Other means: 210 (0%)
- Worked at home: 1,000 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Peoria City township, Illinois:
- 2,607 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 1,261 people in nursing homes
- 478 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 245 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 179 people in state prisons
- 166 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 144 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 77 people in other group homes
- 64 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 60 people in religious group quarters
- 56 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 56 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 37 people in military hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 27 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 23 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 12 people in halfway houses
92.4% of residents of Peoria City township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (76% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 107,435- In family households: 85,746 (18,567 male householders, 8,775 female householders)
19,320 spouses, 31,851 children (29,417 natural, 1,167 adopted, 1,267 stepchildren), 2,073 grandchildren, 785 brothers or sisters, 552 parents, 1,286 other relatives, 2,537 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 21,689 (7,504 male householders (5,884 living alone)), 10,248 female householders (9,001 living alone)), 3,937 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 5,457 (1,799 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 11,851 2-persons, 6,240 3-persons, 5,064 4-persons, 2,553 5-persons, 1,033 6-persons, 601 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 14,885 1-person, 2,232 2-persons, 385 3-persons, 169 4-persons, 53 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
14,673 married couples with children.
10,710 single-parent households (1,296 men, 9,414 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2,627
| Here: | 19.8% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 770
| Here: | 14.1% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4,786
| Here: | 58.2% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |