Sheldon township, Iroquois County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (38% naturalized citizens)
Sheldon township: | 1.0% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
61% of Sheldon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1177
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 201
- South: 86
- West: 33
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $50,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
38 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 516
- One, attached: 1
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 14
- 5 to 9: 11
- 10 to 19: 1
- Mobile homes: 51
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,800
Housing units in Sheldon township with a mortgage: 198 (20 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 172
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Construction (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Plastics and rubber products (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sheldon township:
- German (29.4%)
- Irish (12.6%)
- English (12.0%)
- United States or American (9.8%)
- French (except Basque) (5.5%)
- Swedish (5.3%)
- Dutch (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (38%)
- United Kingdom (25%)
- Ireland (19%)
- Germany (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 550 (84%)
- Carpooled: 68 (10%)
- Motorcycle: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 10 (2%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 22 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
38 people in nursing homes
97.9% of residents of Sheldon township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,475- In family households: 1,302 (324 male householders, 94 female householders)
315 spouses, 475 children (434 natural, 19 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 4 other relatives, 44 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 173 (69 male householders (58 living alone)), 79 female householders (73 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 38 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 185 2-persons, 85 3-persons, 92 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 131 1-person, 10 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
262 married couples with children.
108 single-parent households (26 men, 82 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
Here: | 4.2% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
Here: | 1.2% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |