South Homer township, Champaign County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (50% naturalized citizens)
| South Homer township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
62% of South Homer 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, 44% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1274
- Northeast: 23
- Midwest: 112
- South: 78
- West: 50
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $61,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 579
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 18
- 3 or 4: 15
- Mobile homes: 30
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in South Homer township with a mortgage: 258 (38 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 190
- Construction (16%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (15%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Homer township:
- German (27.2%)
- United States or American (23.2%)
- English (17.0%)
- Irish (10.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
- Scottish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (50%)
- Germany (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 560 (76%)
- Carpooled: 107 (15%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 16 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 47 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
97.1% of residents of South Homer township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,548- In family households: 1,348 (349 male householders, 92 female householders)
384 spouses, 460 children (406 natural, 18 adopted, 36 stepchildren), 28 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 4 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 200 (77 male householders (68 living alone)), 104 female householders (98 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 191 2-persons, 103 3-persons, 100 4-persons, 31 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 166 1-person, 10 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
324 married couples with children.
59 single-parent households (10 men, 49 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.3% |
| 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: 7
| Here: | 12.7% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |