Nokomis township, Montgomery County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (74% naturalized citizens)
| Nokomis township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
72% of Nokomis township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2733
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 180
- South: 91
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $33,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
92 people in nursing homes
15 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,275
- One, attached: 21
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 56
- 5 to 9: 12
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 48
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Nokomis township with a mortgage: 379 (30 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 524
- Construction (11%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Nokomis township:
- German (36.1%)
- United States or American (17.9%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- English (8.9%)
- Italian (7.1%)
- Polish (3.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Laos (35%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (16%)
- Germany (13%)
- Other Eastern Africa (13%)
- Vietnam (10%)
- Mexico (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 916 (71%)
- Carpooled: 188 (15%)
- Walked: 26 (2%)
- Other means: 47 (4%)
- Worked at home: 109 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (1%)
92 people in nursing homes
15 people in other nonhousehold living situations
97.9% of residents of Nokomis township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (27% speak English very well, 45% speak English well, 27% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,956- In family households: 2,442 (711 male householders, 110 female householders)
682 spouses, 857 children (791 natural, 27 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 26 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 12 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 514 (178 male householders (158 living alone)), 290 female householders (276 living alone)), 46 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 107 (88 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 401 2-persons, 178 3-persons, 138 4-persons, 69 5-persons, 30 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 434 1-person, 30 2-persons, 4 4-persons,
510 married couples with children.
175 single-parent households (48 men, 127 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 55
| Here: | 15.8% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 5.2% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 8.8% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |