Monticello township, Piatt County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (44% naturalized citizens)
| Monticello township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
65% of Monticello township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4305
- Northeast: 156
- Midwest: 563
- South: 243
- West: 154
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $92,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
100 people in nursing homes
13 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,899
- One, attached: 76
- Two: 48
- 3 or 4: 80
- 5 to 9: 76
- 10 to 19: 3
- 20 to 49: 8
- 50 or more: 43
- Mobile homes: 147
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,200
Housing units in Monticello township with a mortgage: 1,009 (142 second mortgage, 118 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 596
- Educational services (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (17%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Monticello township:
- German (29.7%)
- English (14.4%)
- Irish (13.9%)
- United States or American (10.0%)
- Swedish (3.4%)
- Dutch (3.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (30%)
- Philippines (19%)
- Korea (14%)
- Australia (14%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Germany (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,429 (87%)
- Carpooled: 101 (4%)
- Railroad: 8 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 130 (5%)
- Other means: 22 (1%)
- Worked at home: 107 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
100 people in nursing homes
13 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
97.9% of residents of Monticello township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (35% speak English very well, 65% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,390- In family households: 4,517 (1,250 male householders, 280 female householders)
1,327 spouses, 1,500 children (1,359 natural, 74 adopted, 67 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 26 parents, 15 other relatives, 71 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 873 (262 male householders (204 living alone)), 492 female householders (472 living alone)), 119 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 113 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 760 2-persons, 302 3-persons, 298 4-persons, 156 5-persons, 14 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 676 1-person, 56 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 15 4-persons,
1,088 married couples with children.
178 single-parent households (32 men, 146 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
| Here: | 4.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |