Breese township, Clinton County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (15% naturalized citizens)
| Breese township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
68% of Breese township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4259
- Northeast: 41
- Midwest: 385
- South: 169
- West: 91
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $23,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
92 people in nursing homes
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,535
- One, attached: 30
- Two: 115
- 3 or 4: 44
- 5 to 9: 55
- 10 to 19: 18
- Mobile homes: 128
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,800
Housing units in Breese township with a mortgage: 711 (70 second mortgage, 93 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 576
- Construction (12%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (26%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Engineers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Breese township:
- German (73.0%)
- United States or American (8.9%)
- Irish (4.2%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
- Scottish (1.2%)
- Romanian (1.1%)
- English (0.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Europe (35%)
- Romania (22%)
- Philippines (20%)
- Canada (15%)
- Mexico (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,091 (82%)
- Carpooled: 288 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 11 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 27 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 128 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
92 people in nursing homes
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.2% of residents of Breese township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 31% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,895- In family households: 4,307 (1,144 male householders, 218 female householders)
1,185 spouses, 1,679 children (1,549 natural, 60 adopted, 70 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 14 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 588 (189 male householders (156 living alone)), 299 female householders (271 living alone)), 100 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 101 (94 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 537 2-persons, 293 3-persons, 298 4-persons, 168 5-persons, 48 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 427 1-person, 50 2-persons, 11 3-persons,
1,169 married couples with children.
221 single-parent households (50 men, 171 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 302
| Here: | 44.7% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 125
| Here: | 42.7% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 48
| Here: | 20.9% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |