Mattoon township, Coles County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Mattoon township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
56% of Mattoon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 13772
- Northeast: 145
- Midwest: 1050
- South: 625
- West: 267
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $42,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
285 people in nursing homes
9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,444
- One, attached: 80
- Two: 568
- 3 or 4: 401
- 5 to 9: 355
- 10 to 19: 228
- 20 to 49: 104
- 50 or more: 73
- Mobile homes: 339
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Mattoon township with a mortgage: 2,453 (161 second mortgage, 172 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,625
- Construction (10%)
- Printing and related support activities (8%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Printing and related support activities (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mattoon township:
- German (25.4%)
- United States or American (23.8%)
- English (14.2%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
- Italian (1.9%)
- Scottish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (28%)
- Philippines (14%)
- Russia (14%)
- Germany (10%)
- Poland (5%)
- India (5%)
- Thailand (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,541 (83%)
- Carpooled: 985 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (0%)
- Railroad: 16 (0%)
- Bicycle: 14 (0%)
- Walked: 98 (1%)
- Other means: 47 (1%)
- Worked at home: 167 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (80%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
285 people in nursing homes
9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.4% of residents of Mattoon township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 26% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 15,843- In family households: 12,652 (3,391 male householders, 950 female householders)
3,329 spouses, 4,269 children (3,782 natural, 136 adopted, 351 stepchildren), 167 grandchildren, 93 brothers or sisters, 33 parents, 123 other relatives, 297 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,191 (1,119 male householders (886 living alone)), 1,543 female householders (1,382 living alone)), 529 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 296 (287 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,094 2-persons, 964 3-persons, 851 4-persons, 341 5-persons, 78 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,268 1-person, 344 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
2,382 married couples with children.
1,033 single-parent households (216 men, 817 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 76
| Here: | 5.1% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 19
| Here: | 2.5% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 43
| Here: | 5.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |