Alton township, Madison County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (55% naturalized citizens)
| Alton township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
55% of Alton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 22144
- Northeast: 371
- Midwest: 4024
- South: 2572
- West: 899
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $29,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Alton township, Illinois:
- 429 people in nursing homes
- 166 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 112 people in religious group quarters
- 92 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 67 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 28 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 19 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 13 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 8 people in other group homes
- 4 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 2 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 10,113
- One, attached: 311
- Two: 1,138
- 3 or 4: 872
- 5 to 9: 359
- 10 to 19: 51
- 20 to 49: 97
- 50 or more: 412
- Mobile homes: 535
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,300
Housing units in Alton township with a mortgage: 4,364 (342 second mortgage, 326 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,934
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Alton township:
- German (21.7%)
- United States or American (11.0%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- English (7.0%)
- Italian (3.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
- African (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (17%)
- Korea (15%)
- Jamaica (12%)
- Mexico (9%)
- Greece (5%)
- Philippines (4%)
- South Africa (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 10,394 (81%)
- Carpooled: 1,472 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 260 (2%)
- Taxi: 74 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 32 (0%)
- Bicycle: 28 (0%)
- Walked: 269 (2%)
- Other means: 50 (0%)
- Worked at home: 198 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Alton township, Illinois:
- 429 people in nursing homes
- 166 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 112 people in religious group quarters
- 92 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 67 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 28 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 19 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 13 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 8 people in other group homes
- 4 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 2 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
96.8% of residents of Alton township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 2% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 29,481- In family households: 23,720 (4,948 male householders, 2,698 female householders)
5,091 spouses, 8,726 children (8,142 natural, 232 adopted, 352 stepchildren), 845 grandchildren, 249 brothers or sisters, 181 parents, 246 other relatives, 736 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 5,761 (2,183 male householders (1,758 living alone)), 2,691 female householders (2,443 living alone)), 887 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 944 (606 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,227 2-persons, 1,839 3-persons, 1,478 4-persons, 694 5-persons, 271 6-persons, 137 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 4,201 1-person, 536 2-persons, 93 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 23 5-persons,
3,732 married couples with children.
3,105 single-parent households (461 men, 2,644 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 588
| Here: | 15.9% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 189
| Here: | 11.9% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 239
| Here: | 17.1% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |