Virden township, Macoupin County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Virden township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
61% of Virden township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3127
- Northeast: 35
- Midwest: 249
- South: 123
- West: 98
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $50,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
118 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,261
- One, attached: 20
- Two: 110
- 3 or 4: 50
- 5 to 9: 38
- Mobile homes: 198
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 1
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,500
Housing units in Virden township with a mortgage: 611 (115 second mortgage, 31 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 371
- Construction (10%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Public administration (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Virden township:
- German (24.8%)
- United States or American (17.1%)
- English (16.0%)
- Irish (13.4%)
- Italian (6.5%)
- Scottish (2.8%)
- Dutch (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,438 (80%)
- Carpooled: 270 (15%)
- Walked: 24 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 70 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (78%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
118 people in nursing homes
98.0% of residents of Virden township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,530- In family households: 2,925 (732 male householders, 242 female householders)
804 spouses, 1,037 children (936 natural, 10 adopted, 91 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 22 other relatives, 40 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 605 (172 male householders (143 living alone)), 345 female householders (311 living alone)), 88 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 118 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 463 2-persons, 223 3-persons, 178 4-persons, 70 5-persons, 34 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 454 1-person, 53 2-persons, 10 4-persons,
566 married couples with children.
253 single-parent households (78 men, 175 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): 13
| Here: | 5.7% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 41
| Here: | 28.7% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |