Elk township, Jackson County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (78% naturalized citizens)
| Elk township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
64% of Elk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1641
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 158
- South: 139
- West: 41
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $24,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
13 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 679
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 22
- 3 or 4: 14
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 172
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,800
Housing units in Elk township with a mortgage: 209 (9 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 253
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Food (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elk township:
- German (22.2%)
- English (15.3%)
- Irish (14.4%)
- United States or American (10.4%)
- Dutch (5.4%)
- Welsh (2.5%)
- Italian (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Honduras (78%)
- Korea (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 703 (81%)
- Carpooled: 131 (15%)
- Walked: 15 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 8 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
13 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
97.8% of residents of Elk township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,981- In family households: 1,728 (467 male householders, 127 female householders)
469 spouses, 605 children (512 natural, 11 adopted, 82 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 9 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 253 (79 male householders (55 living alone)), 131 female householders (121 living alone)), 43 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 13 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 265 2-persons, 164 3-persons, 113 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 176 1-person, 30 2-persons, 4 4-persons,
320 married couples with children.
124 single-parent households (38 men, 86 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
| Here: | 1.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |