Rock Creek township, Hancock County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Rock Creek township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
58% of Rock Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 207
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 37
- South: 11
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $125,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 502
- One, attached: 4
- Mobile homes: 38
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000
Housing units in Rock Creek township with a mortgage: 24 (0 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 49
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Construction (12%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Health care (21%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (11%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (9%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Music stores (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Electricians (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Accountants and auditors (6%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rock Creek township:
- German (31.6%)
- Norwegian (19.2%)
- Swedish (12.8%)
- Irish (6.0%)
- Scandinavian (4.7%)
- French (except Basque) (4.3%)
- English (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 71 (72%)
- Carpooled: 14 (14%)
- Walked: 2 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (2%)
- Worked at home: 10 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (57%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
97.6% of residents of Rock Creek township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 266- In family households: 219 (85 male householders, 7 female householders)
87 spouses, 34 children (31 natural, 0 adopted, 3 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 1 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 47 (27 male householders (23 living alone)), 14 female householders (12 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 68 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 5 4-persons, 1 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 35 1-person, 6 2-persons,
80 married couples with children.
16 single-parent households (10 men, 6 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |