Chatham township, Sangamon County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (61% naturalized citizens)
| Chatham township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
55% of Chatham township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4637
- Northeast: 110
- Midwest: 743
- South: 176
- West: 92
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,731
- One, attached: 195
- Two: 52
- 3 or 4: 86
- 5 to 9: 84
- Mobile homes: 155
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,300
Housing units in Chatham township with a mortgage: 1,245 (69 second mortgage, 167 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 375
- Public administration (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Radio, TV, and computer stores (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Public administration (17%)
- Health care (11%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Chatham township:
- German (32.2%)
- Irish (15.3%)
- English (11.4%)
- United States or American (8.7%)
- Italian (5.9%)
- French (except Basque) (3.8%)
- Polish (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Romania (28%)
- Mexico (28%)
- Austria (25%)
- United Kingdom (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,673 (85%)
- Carpooled: 257 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 65 (2%)
- Worked at home: 156 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (90%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (1%)
97.7% of residents of Chatham township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,859- In family households: 5,305 (1,348 male householders, 381 female householders)
1,391 spouses, 2,033 children (1,849 natural, 62 adopted, 122 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 35 other relatives, 63 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 554 (193 male householders (168 living alone)), 289 female householders (254 living alone)), 72 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 675 2-persons, 508 3-persons, 357 4-persons, 145 5-persons, 44 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 422 1-person, 53 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
1,354 married couples with children.
438 single-parent households (75 men, 363 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 36
| Here: | 4.6% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 34
| Here: | 6.8% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18
| Here: | 9.5% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |