Allens Grove township, Mason County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Allens Grove township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
73% of Allens Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 600
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 29
- South: 6
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 257
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,800
Housing units in Allens Grove township with a mortgage: 79 (19 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 89
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Construction (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Health care (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Personal and laundry services (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Construction (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (16%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electricians (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (14%)
- Waiters and waitresses (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Legal support workers (7%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Allens Grove township:
- German (49.9%)
- United States or American (17.4%)
- English (8.6%)
- Norwegian (2.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
- Irish (2.4%)
- Scottish (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 215 (74%)
- Carpooled: 36 (12%)
- Walked: 20 (7%)
- Worked at home: 19 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
98.1% of residents of Allens Grove township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 656- In family households: 595 (160 male householders, 37 female householders)
163 spouses, 196 children (184 natural, 0 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 5 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 61 (23 male householders (22 living alone)), 34 female householders (31 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 103 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 36 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 53 1-person, 4 2-persons,
140 married couples with children.
30 single-parent households (10 men, 20 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: 5
Here: | 25.0% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |