Chester township, Logan County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Chester township: | 2.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
60% of Chester 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, 73% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 693
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 42
- South: 24
- West: 30
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 199
- Mobile homes: 93
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Chester township with a mortgage: 90 (12 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 23
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (25%)
- Accommodation and food services (18%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Warehousing and storage (4%)
- Paper (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Social assistance (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (20%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (14%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Child care workers (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Chester township:
- German (41.8%)
- United States or American (13.9%)
- Irish (13.4%)
- Greek (8.6%)
- English (4.8%)
- Italian (4.5%)
- Swedish (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Greece (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 355 (79%)
- Carpooled: 39 (9%)
- Bicycle: 7 (2%)
- Worked at home: 48 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (55%)
- Utility gas (20%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (4%)
93.4% of residents of Chester township speak English at home.
6.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 816- In family households: 775 (199 male householders, 54 female householders)
215 spouses, 293 children (278 natural, 4 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 1 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 10 other relatives, 1 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 41 (25 male householders (20 living alone)), 10 female householders (10 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 123 2-persons, 37 3-persons, 54 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 12 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 30 1-person, 5 2-persons,
140 married couples with children.
39 single-parent households (11 men, 28 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |