South Fork township, Christian County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| South Fork township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
66% of South Fork township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2294
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 139
- South: 168
- West: 40
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $39,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,008
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 29
- 10 to 19: 39
- Mobile homes: 106
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,200
Housing units in South Fork township with a mortgage: 389 (28 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 389
- Construction (12%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Public administration (14%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Fork township:
- German (21.2%)
- Italian (16.9%)
- United States or American (16.4%)
- Irish (12.7%)
- English (11.7%)
- Dutch (3.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Netherlands (44%)
- Mexico (19%)
- United Kingdom (13%)
- Germany (13%)
- Italy (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 899 (80%)
- Carpooled: 166 (15%)
- Subway or elevated: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 18 (2%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 29 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
98.9% of residents of South Fork township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,681- In family households: 2,283 (586 male householders, 164 female householders)
597 spouses, 739 children (665 natural, 24 adopted, 50 stepchildren), 88 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 49 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 398 (170 male householders (152 living alone)), 193 female householders (181 living alone)), 35 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 344 2-persons, 177 3-persons, 136 4-persons, 61 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 333 1-person, 24 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
432 married couples with children.
136 single-parent households (38 men, 98 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
| Here: | 5.8% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |