Washington township, Tazewell County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (55% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
63% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 15589
- Northeast: 278
- Midwest: 1987
- South: 928
- West: 434
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $130,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
107 people in nursing homes
4 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 6,483
- One, attached: 141
- Two: 200
- 3 or 4: 190
- 5 to 9: 479
- 10 to 19: 331
- 20 to 49: 71
- 50 or more: 39
- Mobile homes: 13
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 3,698 (317 second mortgage, 613 home equity loan, 30 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,866
- Machinery (20%)
- Construction (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (37.6%)
- English (12.8%)
- United States or American (11.5%)
- Irish (10.6%)
- Italian (4.6%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
- Scottish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Australia (25%)
- Philippines (16%)
- United Kingdom (15%)
- Germany (12%)
- Poland (8%)
- Iran (7%)
- Vietnam (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8,541 (88%)
- Carpooled: 673 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 126 (1%)
- Other means: 38 (0%)
- Worked at home: 263 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (79%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
107 people in nursing homes
4 people in religious group quarters
97.7% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (46% speak English very well, 54% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 19,321- In family households: 17,083 (4,681 male householders, 992 female householders)
4,942 spouses, 5,852 children (5,241 natural, 246 adopted, 365 stepchildren), 161 grandchildren, 124 brothers or sisters, 56 parents, 71 other relatives, 204 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,238 (824 male householders (714 living alone)), 1,139 female householders (1,043 living alone)), 275 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 111 (107 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,543 2-persons, 1,278 3-persons, 1,179 4-persons, 495 5-persons, 164 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,757 1-person, 182 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 12 5-persons,
3,826 married couples with children.
812 single-parent households (163 men, 649 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 263
| Here: | 11.5% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 74
| Here: | 6.6% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 65
| Here: | 6.4% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |