Lomax township, Henderson County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Lomax township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
73% of Lomax township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 400
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 463
- South: 28
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 312
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 85
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,000
Housing units in Lomax township with a mortgage: 103 (3 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 120
- Machinery (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Rail transportation (5%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Health care (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lomax township:
- German (31.0%)
- United States or American (31.0%)
- English (14.4%)
- Irish (9.5%)
- Swedish (2.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.0%)
- Italian (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 350 (81%)
- Carpooled: 46 (11%)
- Walked: 9 (2%)
- Worked at home: 28 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
98.7% of residents of Lomax township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (27% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 36% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 921- In family households: 808 (250 male householders, 39 female householders)
218 spouses, 241 children (227 natural, 0 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 19 parents, 10 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 113 (40 male householders (33 living alone)), 60 female householders (53 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 144 2-persons, 70 3-persons, 47 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 86 1-person, 14 2-persons,
156 married couples with children.
39 single-parent households (16 men, 23 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 15.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 10.7% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |