Tampico township, Whiteside County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (73% naturalized citizens)
Tampico township: | 1.0% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
63% of Tampico township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 968
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 82
- South: 27
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $48,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 423
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 10
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $51,700
Housing units in Tampico township with a mortgage: 150 (18 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 98
- Metal and metal products (16%)
- Construction (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Cashiers (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Tampico township:
- German (40.4%)
- United States or American (12.7%)
- English (10.8%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- Swedish (4.7%)
- Belgian (3.9%)
- French (except Basque) (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (36%)
- Poland (27%)
- United Kingdom (18%)
- Brazil (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 391 (75%)
- Carpooled: 74 (14%)
- Walked: 15 (3%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 34 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (70%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (1%)
94.1% of residents of Tampico township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
5.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,135- In family households: 1,025 (289 male householders, 30 female householders)
286 spouses, 346 children (304 natural, 18 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 42 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 110 (44 male householders (35 living alone)), 50 female householders (46 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 139 2-persons, 62 3-persons, 67 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 81 1-person, 10 2-persons, 3 4-persons,
244 married couples with children.
67 single-parent households (19 men, 48 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
Here: | 12.9% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
Here: | 7.9% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here: | 11.8% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |