Sullivan township, Moultrie County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (73% naturalized citizens)
| Sullivan township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
57% of Sullivan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4842
- Northeast: 78
- Midwest: 416
- South: 344
- West: 70
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Sullivan township, Illinois:
- 106 people in nursing homes
- 42 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 11 people in other group homes
- 10 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,037
- One, attached: 46
- Two: 68
- 3 or 4: 121
- 5 to 9: 61
- 10 to 19: 21
- 20 to 49: 24
- Mobile homes: 183
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Sullivan township with a mortgage: 979 (67 second mortgage, 83 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 564
- Machinery (13%)
- Construction (12%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Construction (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Engineers (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sullivan township:
- United States or American (33.2%)
- German (22.6%)
- Irish (11.1%)
- English (10.6%)
- Italian (2.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
- Polish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (28%)
- Cuba (18%)
- Germany (15%)
- Korea (15%)
- Philippines (13%)
- Mexico (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,355 (84%)
- Carpooled: 289 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 72 (3%)
- Worked at home: 62 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Sullivan township, Illinois:
- 106 people in nursing homes
- 42 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 11 people in other group homes
- 10 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
98.8% of residents of Sullivan township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (21% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 42% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,621- In family households: 4,767 (1,342 male householders, 291 female householders)
1,409 spouses, 1,505 children (1,331 natural, 37 adopted, 137 stepchildren), 100 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 20 parents, 27 other relatives, 67 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 854 (337 male householders (301 living alone)), 405 female householders (347 living alone)), 112 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 171 (123 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 830 2-persons, 313 3-persons, 330 4-persons, 111 5-persons, 32 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 648 1-person, 59 2-persons, 35 3-persons,
983 married couples with children.
285 single-parent households (73 men, 212 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% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 21
| Here: | 19.6% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |