Danforth township, Iroquois County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Danforth township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
71% of Danforth township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 814
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 40
- South: 15
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $38,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
107 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 341
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 11
Housing units in Danforth township with a mortgage: 125 (15 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 106
- Construction (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Health care (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (26%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Social assistance (12%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Construction (3%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (13%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Child care workers (13%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Communications equipment operators (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Danforth township:
- German (56.1%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- Dutch (7.5%)
- Italian (4.5%)
- French (except Basque) (4.2%)
- English (4.0%)
- United States or American (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 335 (80%)
- Carpooled: 29 (7%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 47 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Electricity (7%)
107 people in nursing homes
98.2% of residents of Danforth township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English very well, 50% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 802- In family households: 683 (176 male householders, 45 female householders)
178 spouses, 245 children (233 natural, 2 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 6 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 119 (70 male householders (64 living alone)), 42 female householders (40 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 110 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 87 2-persons, 57 3-persons, 49 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 104 1-person, 8 2-persons,
171 married couples with children.
29 single-parent households (12 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
| Here: | 14.3% |
| 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% |