Magnolia township, Putnam County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (28% naturalized citizens)
| Magnolia township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
75% of Magnolia township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1060
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 68
- South: 18
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $108,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 458
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 47
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,000
Housing units in Magnolia township with a mortgage: 197 (2 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 111
- Construction (24%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Construction (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Magnolia township:
- German (35.1%)
- Italian (10.8%)
- English (8.3%)
- Swedish (8.3%)
- Danish (7.4%)
- Polish (6.9%)
- Irish (4.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (56%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Philippines (17%)
- Korea (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 444 (83%)
- Carpooled: 51 (10%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Other means: 13 (2%)
- Worked at home: 25 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (1%)
96.6% of residents of Magnolia township speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (23% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 34% speak English not well, 29% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,180- In family households: 1,077 (315 male householders, 32 female householders)
301 spouses, 366 children (322 natural, 22 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 3 other relatives, 36 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 103 (53 male householders (41 living alone)), 41 female householders (41 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 177 2-persons, 52 3-persons, 72 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 82 1-person, 12 2-persons,
239 married couples with children.
52 single-parent households (15 men, 37 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 3.2% |
| 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: 7
| Here: | 16.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |