Prairie township, Shelby County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (63% naturalized citizens)
Prairie township: | 1.3% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
74% of Prairie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1133
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 65
- South: 24
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $52,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 443
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 9
- 5 to 9: 17
- 10 to 19: 5
- Mobile homes: 76
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,800
Housing units in Prairie township with a mortgage: 132 (21 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 144
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Printing and related support activities (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Printing and related support activities (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Prairie township:
- German (53.0%)
- United States or American (26.0%)
- Irish (4.5%)
- English (2.3%)
- French (except Basque) (1.8%)
- Italian (1.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (38%)
- Italy (31%)
- United Kingdom (13%)
- Canada (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 488 (76%)
- Carpooled: 74 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 16 (2%)
- Ferryboat: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (1%)
- Bicycle: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 13 (2%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 30 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (55%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
97.8% of residents of Prairie township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,264- In family households: 1,117 (286 male householders, 64 female householders)
303 spouses, 406 children (376 natural, 4 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 14 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 147 (50 male householders (45 living alone)), 93 female householders (91 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 153 2-persons, 61 3-persons, 95 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 136 1-person, 7 2-persons,
235 married couples with children.
66 single-parent households (14 men, 52 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
Here: | 7.5% |
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: 4
Here: | 7.8% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |