Ashland township, Cass County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Ashland township: | 0.1% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
62% of Ashland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1236
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 110
- South: 49
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $38,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 488
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 21
- 5 to 9: 8
- 10 to 19: 5
- Mobile homes: 95
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,000
Housing units in Ashland township with a mortgage: 244 (39 second mortgage, 25 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 152
- Public administration (12%)
- Construction (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Public administration (19%)
- Health care (18%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (3%)
- Printing and related support activities (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ashland township:
- German (36.6%)
- United States or American (18.4%)
- English (15.5%)
- Irish (13.0%)
- Scottish (2.9%)
- Dutch (2.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 542 (72%)
- Carpooled: 166 (22%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 18 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 16 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
98.7% of residents of Ashland township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 45% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,425- In family households: 1,237 (361 male householders, 53 female householders)
341 spouses, 432 children (398 natural, 8 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 6 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 188 (69 male householders (58 living alone)), 93 female householders (87 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 181 2-persons, 98 3-persons, 82 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 145 1-person, 14 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
279 married couples with children.
79 single-parent households (16 men, 63 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
Here: | 7.4% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 5.1% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
Here: | 13.5% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |