Oquawka township, Henderson County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Oquawka township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
94% of Oquawka township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 100% lived in this county.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 424
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 9
- South: 10
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
13 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
8 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 123
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $105,000
Housing units in Oquawka township with a mortgage: 49 (8 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 36
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (33%)
- Machinery (17%)
- Repair and maintenance (13%)
- Construction (13%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Health care (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Educational services (24%)
- Health care (15%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Construction (7%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Health and personal care, except drug, stores (7%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (23%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (16%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (10%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Engineers (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (13%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Oquawka township:
- German (68.8%)
- United States or American (14.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.8%)
- Swiss (2.8%)
- Czech (2.3%)
- Irish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 201 (82%)
- Carpooled: 18 (7%)
- Worked at home: 27 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Wood (24%)
- Utility gas (12%)
13 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
8 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
97.9% of residents of Oquawka township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 458- In family households: 444 (110 male householders, 9 female householders)
125 spouses, 193 children (154 natural, 30 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 14 (0 male householders (0 living alone)), 14 female householders (14 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 42 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 42 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 14 1-person,
374 married couples with children.
105 single-parent households (32 men, 73 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 39
Here: | 42.4% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
Here: | 11.5% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |