Burton township, Adams County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Burton township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
77% of Burton 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, 54% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 753
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 63
- South: 4
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $78,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 290
- One, attached: 3
- Mobile homes: 40
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,600
Housing units in Burton township with a mortgage: 89 (0 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 62
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (20%)
- Construction (16%)
- Food (10%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Finance and insurance (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Child care workers (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Burton township:
- German (76.5%)
- United States or American (10.2%)
- Irish (3.4%)
- Norwegian (2.9%)
- English (2.7%)
- French (except Basque) (1.3%)
- Polish (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 317 (76%)
- Carpooled: 68 (16%)
- Walked: 14 (3%)
- Worked at home: 20 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (42%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Wood (1%)
99.0% of residents of Burton township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English well, 63% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 847- In family households: 762 (225 male householders, 18 female householders)
210 spouses, 290 children (263 natural, 17 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 85 (42 male householders (32 living alone)), 30 female householders (30 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 106 2-persons, 63 3-persons, 39 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 16 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 62 1-person, 6 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
178 married couples with children.
30 single-parent households (13 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
| Here: | 16.7% |
| 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: | 21.2% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |