Brenton township, Ford County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (35% naturalized citizens)
Brenton township: | 2.8% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
67% of Brenton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 20% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 738
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 63
- South: 48
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $33,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
57 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 343
- Two: 10
- 5 to 9: 11
- Mobile homes: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Brenton township with a mortgage: 107 (5 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 124
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Construction (12%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Food (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Construction (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Librarians, curators, and archivists (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Brenton township:
- German (41.2%)
- Irish (16.4%)
- English (7.5%)
- French (except Basque) (7.2%)
- United States or American (4.6%)
- Polish (3.7%)
- Italian (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (77%)
- Canada (23%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 301 (76%)
- Carpooled: 49 (12%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 42 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
57 people in nursing homes
94.9% of residents of Brenton township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
2.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (40% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 20% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 833- In family households: 737 (179 male householders, 52 female householders)
197 spouses, 247 children (232 natural, 2 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 17 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 96 (24 male householders (22 living alone)), 69 female householders (69 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 59 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 106 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 39 4-persons, 42 5-persons, 8 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 91 1-person, 2 2-persons,
178 married couples with children.
34 single-parent households (6 men, 28 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
Here: | 17.5% |
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: 4
Here: | 19.0% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |