Artesia township, Iroquois County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (26% naturalized citizens)
| Artesia township: | 2.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
70% of Artesia township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 921
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 59
- South: 30
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 409
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 13
- 3 or 4: 9
- 5 to 9: 14
- Mobile homes: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Artesia township with a mortgage: 135 (0 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 126
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Construction (14%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Artesia township:
- German (58.6%)
- United States or American (11.0%)
- French (except Basque) (6.4%)
- English (4.5%)
- Irish (4.4%)
- Swedish (3.1%)
- Polish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (65%)
- Philippines (13%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (9%)
- Canada (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 454 (83%)
- Carpooled: 41 (7%)
- Walked: 12 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 37 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
95.1% of residents of Artesia township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,076- In family households: 948 (291 male householders, 29 female householders)
279 spouses, 326 children (312 natural, 11 adopted, 3 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 2 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 128 (56 male householders (54 living alone)), 69 female householders (69 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 149 2-persons, 68 3-persons, 60 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 14 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 123 1-person, 2 2-persons,
183 married couples with children.
34 single-parent households (5 men, 29 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 80
| Here: | 69.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 30
| Here: | 30.3% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |