South Macon township, Macon County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| South Macon township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
67% of South Macon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% 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: 1398
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 63
- South: 56
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $61,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
41 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 566
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 9
- 5 to 9: 11
- 10 to 19: 9
- Mobile homes: 21
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,700
Housing units in South Macon township with a mortgage: 254 (26 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 190
- Construction (14%)
- Food (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Rail transportation (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Macon township:
- German (33.9%)
- United States or American (20.0%)
- English (13.7%)
- Irish (9.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.3%)
- Italian (2.2%)
- Czech (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (67%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 627 (86%)
- Carpooled: 56 (8%)
- Walked: 14 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 28 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
41 people in nursing homes
98.4% of residents of South Macon township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,499- In family households: 1,322 (368 male householders, 65 female householders)
367 spouses, 436 children (383 natural, 5 adopted, 48 stepchildren), 23 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 17 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 177 (69 male householders (53 living alone)), 89 female householders (89 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 41 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 185 2-persons, 107 3-persons, 83 4-persons, 45 5-persons, 13 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 142 1-person, 16 2-persons,
305 married couples with children.
72 single-parent households (28 men, 44 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1
| Here: | 0.6% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 3.4% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 13.2% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |