Bedford township, Wayne County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (71% naturalized citizens)
Bedford township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
64% of Bedford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 870
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 90
- South: 34
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $40,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
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
28 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 404
- One, attached: 2
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 13
- Mobile homes: 78
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,900
Housing units in Bedford township with a mortgage: 99 (4 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 143
- Transportation equipment (23%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Construction (8%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (24%)
- Health care (21%)
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bedford township:
- United States or American (24.5%)
- English (20.3%)
- German (18.1%)
- Irish (7.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
- Scottish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (43%)
- France (29%)
- Korea (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 361 (85%)
- Carpooled: 45 (11%)
- Subway or elevated: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 13 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
28 people in nursing homes
96.9% of residents of Bedford township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,017- In family households: 840 (241 male householders, 48 female householders)
246 spouses, 274 children (250 natural, 8 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 177 (61 male householders (55 living alone)), 99 female householders (97 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 28 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 116 2-persons, 85 3-persons, 71 4-persons, 17 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 152 1-person, 2 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
176 married couples with children.
59 single-parent households (12 men, 47 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here: | 1.7% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here: | 7.4% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |