Fountain Green township, Hancock County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Fountain Green township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
74% of Fountain Green township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 39% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 289
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 86
- South: 4
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $102,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 140
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 19
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Fountain Green township with a mortgage: 24 (5 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 35
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (54%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Construction (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Truck transportation (2%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (2%)
- Transportation equipment (28%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Personal and laundry services (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (52%)
- Top executives (8%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Other financial specialists (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (18%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Personal appearance workers (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Secondary school teachers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fountain Green township:
- United States or American (30.1%)
- English (28.7%)
- German (19.0%)
- European (7.9%)
- Irish (5.6%)
- Swedish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 148 (84%)
- Carpooled: 5 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 21 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (81%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Wood (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
97.7% of residents of Fountain Green township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 391- In family households: 338 (94 male householders, 16 female householders)
89 spouses, 100 children (84 natural, 15 adopted, 1 stepchildren), 23 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 1 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 53 (15 male householders (13 living alone)), 34 female householders (34 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 52 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 47 1-person, 2 3-persons,
63 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (1 men, 4 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 6.5% |
| 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% |