Oxford township, Henry County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (56% naturalized citizens)
Oxford township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
69% of Oxford 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, 81% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 977
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 144
- South: 23
- West: 14
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 442
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 8
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 27
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Oxford township with a mortgage: 183 (11 second mortgage, 30 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 148
- Construction (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Gasoline stations (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Oxford township:
- German (22.4%)
- Swedish (20.1%)
- Irish (11.5%)
- United States or American (11.2%)
- English (10.5%)
- Belgian (2.6%)
- Dutch (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (56%)
- United Kingdom (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 472 (84%)
- Carpooled: 38 (7%)
- Walked: 18 (3%)
- Worked at home: 36 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (2%)
98.1% of residents of Oxford township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,172- In family households: 1,023 (274 male householders, 60 female householders)
283 spouses, 354 children (335 natural, 2 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 3 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 149 (65 male householders (50 living alone)), 53 female householders (49 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 169 2-persons, 49 3-persons, 64 4-persons, 36 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 99 1-person, 13 2-persons, 6 4-persons,
238 married couples with children.
47 single-parent households (12 men, 35 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): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |