Mount Erie township, Wayne County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Mount Erie township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
72% of Mount Erie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 316
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 60
- South: 13
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $25,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 141
- Mobile homes: 43
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Mount Erie township with a mortgage: 25 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 27
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (34%)
- Construction (12%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Utilities (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Computer and electronic products (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (8%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (29%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Construction laborers (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (14%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mount Erie township:
- United States or American (56.6%)
- German (18.0%)
- English (12.2%)
- Irish (4.2%)
- Dutch (1.1%)
- Norwegian (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Portugal (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 106 (79%)
- Carpooled: 14 (10%)
- Walked: 3 (2%)
- Worked at home: 12 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (76%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (4%)
98.6% of residents of Mount Erie township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 395- In family households: 358 (103 male householders, 14 female householders)
110 spouses, 109 children (101 natural, 3 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 9 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 37 (11 male householders (9 living alone)), 22 female householders (20 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 57 2-persons, 23 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 29 1-person, 4 2-persons,
61 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (2 men, 15 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |