Lovington township, Moultrie County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (40% naturalized citizens)
| Lovington township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
59% of Lovington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1452
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 98
- South: 82
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $38,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 600
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 28
- 3 or 4: 29
- 5 to 9: 11
- Mobile homes: 41
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,300
Housing units in Lovington township with a mortgage: 242 (25 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 189
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Construction (10%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Food (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lovington township:
- German (26.3%)
- United States or American (22.5%)
- English (16.0%)
- Irish (13.0%)
- French (except Basque) (5.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.6%)
- Dutch (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (60%)
- Canada (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 656 (83%)
- Carpooled: 79 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (1%)
- Bicycle: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 36 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.5% of residents of Lovington township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,664- In family households: 1,454 (412 male householders, 73 female householders)
402 spouses, 497 children (441 natural, 14 adopted, 42 stepchildren), 23 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 12 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 210 (72 male householders (65 living alone)), 116 female householders (107 living alone)), 22 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 16 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 224 2-persons, 102 3-persons, 104 4-persons, 46 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 172 1-person, 15 2-persons, 1 3-persons,
332 married couples with children.
65 single-parent households (20 men, 45 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 2.5% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 5.1% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 18.8% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |