Limestone township, Kankakee County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (73% naturalized citizens)
Limestone township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
70% of Limestone township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 81% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 44% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4020
- Northeast: 82
- Midwest: 272
- South: 174
- West: 48
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $131,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
4 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,615
- One, attached: 15
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 16
- 5 to 9: 15
- Mobile homes: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Limestone township with a mortgage: 983 (79 second mortgage, 265 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 388
- Construction (25%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Limestone township:
- German (28.6%)
- Irish (13.7%)
- French (except Basque) (11.2%)
- United States or American (8.4%)
- English (7.5%)
- Italian (6.9%)
- French Canadian (5.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (42%)
- Korea (31%)
- United Kingdom (27%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,242 (93%)
- Carpooled: 102 (4%)
- Walked: 15 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 41 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (83%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
4 people in religious group quarters
98.0% of residents of Limestone township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,619- In family households: 4,331 (1,184 male householders, 186 female householders)
1,219 spouses, 1,600 children (1,532 natural, 9 adopted, 59 stepchildren), 88 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 25 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 288 (121 male householders (121 living alone)), 136 female householders (122 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 573 2-persons, 310 3-persons, 298 4-persons, 140 5-persons, 37 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 243 1-person, 7 2-persons, 7 5-persons,
1,062 married couples with children.
135 single-parent households (47 men, 88 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
Here: | 1.9% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 27
Here: | 8.6% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
Here: | 3.4% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |