Sumner township, Kankakee County, Illinois (IL)

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Land area: 37.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 879 (all rural)

Males: 457	(52.0%)
Females: 422	(48.0%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 862 (720 owner occupied, 142 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	16%
State:	33%

Races in Sumner township:

White Non-Hispanic: 93.6%
Asian: 0.3%
Two or more races: 2.4%

Median age of males: 33.6
Median age of females: 33.7

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Average household size: 2.89

Sumner township:	2.9 people
Illinois:	2.6 people

Average family size: 3.22

Estimated median household income in 2007: $57,977 ($51,875 in 1999)

This township:	$57,977
Illinois:	$54,123

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $639 (lower quartile is $450, upper quartile is $796)

Here:	$639
State:	$669

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $200,078 (it was $137,500 in 2000)

Sumner township:	$200,078
Illinois:	$208,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $149,913 - $291,212

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $254,619
Here: $254,619
State: $269,211

Townhouses or other attached units: $358,793
Here: $358,793
State: $258,887

Mobile homes: $6,967
Here: $6,967
State: $35,670

Population density: 24 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	9.5%
Whole state:	10.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	4.6%
Whole state:	5.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 29 (28% naturalized citizens)

Sumner township:	3.3%
State:	12.3%

71% of Sumner township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Illinois.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 753
Northeast: 3
Midwest: 41
South: 24
West: 40

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $275,000

Sumner township, Illinois satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
Gay men: 0.7% of all households

17 people in other nonhousehold living situations

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 235
One, attached: 6
Mobile homes: 71

Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999

Housing units in Sumner township with a mortgage: 99 (8 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 47

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 4
1995 to 1998: 14
1990 to 1994: 16
1980 to 1989: 71
1970 to 1979: 65
1960 to 1969: 13
1950 to 1959: 25
1940 to 1949: 20
1939 or earlier: 84

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Sumner township, Illinois:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 0 4 rooms: 51 5 rooms: 47 6 rooms: 37 7 rooms: 76 8 rooms: 26 9 or more rooms: 18

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sumner township, Illinois:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 0 4 rooms: 12 5 rooms: 0 6 rooms: 19 7 rooms: 5 8 rooms: 7 9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Sumner township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 0 2 bedrooms: 67 3 bedrooms: 139 4 bedrooms: 27 5 or more bedrooms: 22

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sumner township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 0 2 bedrooms: 15 3 bedrooms: 8 4 bedrooms: 13 5 or more bedrooms: 7

Cars and other vehicles available in Sumner township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 0 1 vehicle: 53 2 vehicles: 123 3 vehicles: 48 4 vehicles: 31 5 or more vehicles: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Sumner township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 0 1 vehicle: 14 2 vehicles: 16 3 vehicles: 8 4 vehicles: 0 5 or more vehicles: 5

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males (%):

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
Construction (16%)
Truck transportation (9%)
Metal and metal products (5%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
Health care (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (19%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
Real estate and rental and leasing (6%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
Truck transportation (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Farmers and farm managers (13%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
Carpenters (6%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (15%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (14%)
Registered nurses (8%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
Health technologists and technicians (5%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Sumner township:

German (29.8%)
Dutch (12.8%)
Irish (10.6%)
Polish (6.4%)
French Canadian (5.9%)
French (except Basque) (5.6%)
United States or American (3.1%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (45%)
Laos (24%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (17%)
Germany (14%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 315 (72%)
Carpooled: 58 (13%)
Railroad: 6 (1%)
Walked: 17 (4%)
Worked at home: 42 (10%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Bottled, tank, or LP gas (63%) Electricity (18%) Utility gas (16%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)

17 people in other nonhousehold living situations

93.0% of residents of Sumner township speak English at home.
4.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 873

In family households: 828 (201 male householders, 37 female householders)
197 spouses, 353 children (315 natural, 0 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 31 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 45 (30 male householders (24 living alone)), 10 female householders (10 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 17 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 89 2-persons, 42 3-persons, 61 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 34 1-person, 6 2-persons.

199 married couples with children.
41 single-parent households (19 men, 22 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5

Here:	3.8%
Illinois:	13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10

Here:	16.1%
Illinois:	11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4

Here:	14.8%
Illinois:	25.8%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Sumner township:

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