West Lincoln township, Logan County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (47% naturalized citizens)
| West Lincoln township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
55% of West Lincoln township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6373
- Northeast: 114
- Midwest: 517
- South: 518
- West: 270
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $36,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in West Lincoln township, Illinois:
- 398 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 170 people in nursing homes
- 43 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 25 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 15 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,516
- One, attached: 47
- Two: 208
- 3 or 4: 156
- 5 to 9: 68
- 10 to 19: 92
- 20 to 49: 43
- 50 or more: 52
- Mobile homes: 228
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,700
Housing units in West Lincoln township with a mortgage: 1,105 (69 second mortgage, 130 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 643
- Public administration (13%)
- Construction (9%)
- Health care (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Lincoln township:
- German (34.0%)
- United States or American (18.2%)
- English (10.9%)
- Irish (10.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.2%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
- French (except Basque) (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (26%)
- Other South Eastern Asia (12%)
- Mexico (11%)
- Germany (9%)
- Haiti (9%)
- Philippines (7%)
- Panama (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,009 (82%)
- Carpooled: 429 (12%)
- Taxi: 31 (1%)
- Bicycle: 19 (1%)
- Walked: 33 (1%)
- Other means: 64 (2%)
- Worked at home: 89 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (78%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
People in group quarters in West Lincoln township, Illinois:
- 398 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 170 people in nursing homes
- 43 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 25 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 15 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
96.6% of residents of West Lincoln township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,292- In family households: 5,926 (1,575 male householders, 418 female householders)
1,629 spouses, 2,028 children (1,799 natural, 63 adopted, 166 stepchildren), 98 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 35 other relatives, 114 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,366 (469 male householders (355 living alone)), 723 female householders (678 living alone)), 174 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 658 (557 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 916 2-persons, 507 3-persons, 355 4-persons, 137 5-persons, 65 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,033 1-person, 139 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
1,160 married couples with children.
461 single-parent households (106 men, 355 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 108
| Here: | 16.3% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 47
| Here: | 9.8% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 164
| Here: | 51.7% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |