Moweaqua township, Shelby County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (78% naturalized citizens)
Moweaqua township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
58% of Moweaqua township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 93% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1856
- Northeast: 19
- Midwest: 148
- South: 46
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $51,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
82 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 705
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 22
- 3 or 4: 29
- 5 to 9: 44
- 20 to 49: 5
- 50 or more: 4
- Mobile homes: 87
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,300
Housing units in Moweaqua township with a mortgage: 308 (21 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 235
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Food (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (26%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (3%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Public administration (2%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Moweaqua township:
- German (33.6%)
- United States or American (17.5%)
- English (17.4%)
- Irish (10.9%)
- Scottish (3.2%)
- Dutch (2.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (50%)
- United Kingdom (28%)
- Mexico (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 753 (81%)
- Carpooled: 122 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 34 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (79%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
82 people in nursing homes
97.8% of residents of Moweaqua township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 56% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,041- In family households: 1,766 (511 male householders, 106 female householders)
505 spouses, 594 children (536 natural, 7 adopted, 51 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 36 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 275 (72 male householders (54 living alone)), 176 female householders (169 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 83 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 305 2-persons, 135 3-persons, 129 4-persons, 39 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 223 1-person, 21 2-persons, 4 4-persons,
373 married couples with children.
98 single-parent households (19 men, 79 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: 4
Here: | 6.5% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |