Morton township, Tazewell County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Morton township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
58% of Morton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 12398
- Northeast: 318
- Midwest: 2232
- South: 599
- West: 376
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $131,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
379 people in nursing homes
136 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,726
- One, attached: 280
- Two: 185
- 3 or 4: 143
- 5 to 9: 272
- 10 to 19: 242
- 20 to 49: 95
- 50 or more: 177
- Mobile homes: 593
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,000
Housing units in Morton township with a mortgage: 2,652 (241 second mortgage, 529 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,527
- Machinery (19%)
- Construction (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (3%)
- Health technologists and technicians (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Morton township:
- German (43.6%)
- English (10.5%)
- Irish (10.1%)
- United States or American (7.9%)
- Swedish (3.2%)
- Italian (2.4%)
- Norwegian (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (17%)
- India (14%)
- Colombia (13%)
- Ukraine (10%)
- Germany (8%)
- Other Western Europe (8%)
- Mexico (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,933 (86%)
- Carpooled: 675 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 32 (0%)
- Ferryboat: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 39 (0%)
- Walked: 120 (1%)
- Worked at home: 217 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
379 people in nursing homes
136 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.8% of residents of Morton township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 15,818- In family households: 13,720 (3,956 male householders, 595 female householders)
4,002 spouses, 4,808 children (4,441 natural, 98 adopted, 269 stepchildren), 93 grandchildren, 22 brothers or sisters, 42 parents, 46 other relatives, 156 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,098 (694 male householders (584 living alone)), 1,158 female householders (1,074 living alone)), 246 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 513 (373 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,207 2-persons, 875 3-persons, 918 4-persons, 403 5-persons, 111 6-persons, 37 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,658 1-person, 168 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 6 6-persons,
3,393 married couples with children.
446 single-parent households (83 men, 363 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 355
| Here: | 19.3% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 102
| Here: | 9.8% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 91
| Here: | 12.7% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |