Colchester township, McDonough County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (46% naturalized citizens)
Colchester township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
67% of Colchester township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 82% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1614
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 117
- South: 44
- West: 27
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
24 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 740
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 20
- 5 to 9: 10
- Mobile homes: 101
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,300
Housing units in Colchester township with a mortgage: 228 (18 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 229
- Educational services (13%)
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Colchester township:
- English (25.6%)
- German (24.5%)
- United States or American (14.0%)
- Irish (9.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.7%)
- Scottish (3.3%)
- Swedish (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (46%)
- Romania (38%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 731 (76%)
- Carpooled: 140 (15%)
- Taxi: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 37 (4%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 37 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (1%)
24 people in nursing homes
98.7% of residents of Colchester township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,810- In family households: 1,530 (413 male householders, 133 female householders)
444 spouses, 494 children (451 natural, 5 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 6 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 280 (93 male householders (81 living alone)), 168 female householders (160 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 24 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 286 2-persons, 115 3-persons, 115 4-persons, 30 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 241 1-person, 18 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
301 married couples with children.
104 single-parent households (29 men, 75 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: 3
Here: | 3.2% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |