Truro township, Knox County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Truro township: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
68% of Truro township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 816
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 35
- South: 32
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $61,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 368
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 9
- 5 to 9: 2
- 10 to 19: 7
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,300
Housing units in Truro township with a mortgage: 143 (12 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 97
- Construction (16%)
- Machinery (11%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (15%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Truro township:
- United States or American (23.1%)
- German (20.0%)
- English (15.2%)
- Irish (13.1%)
- Swedish (8.9%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
- Scottish (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Australian and New Zealand Subregion (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 409 (88%)
- Carpooled: 33 (7%)
- Walked: 8 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 15 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (58%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Wood (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
99.5% of residents of Truro township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 900- In family households: 774 (227 male householders, 33 female householders)
233 spouses, 248 children (232 natural, 1 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 4 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 126 (52 male householders (45 living alone)), 60 female householders (58 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 115 2-persons, 64 3-persons, 48 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 103 1-person, 6 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
169 married couples with children.
31 single-parent households (5 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
Here: | 3.6% |
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: 5
Here: | 13.9% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |