Broadwell township, Logan County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (16% naturalized citizens)
| Broadwell township: | 3.9% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
33% of Broadwell township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 27% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2369
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 144
- South: 254
- West: 35
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
2,366 people in state prisons
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 221
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 13
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Broadwell township with a mortgage: 95 (6 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 62
- Public administration (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Health care (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Health care (25%)
- Public administration (19%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Broadwell township:
- German (47.8%)
- United States or American (15.7%)
- Irish (9.7%)
- English (6.0%)
- Swedish (3.5%)
- French (except Basque) (3.1%)
- Polish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (54%)
- Pakistan (6%)
- Cambodia (6%)
- El Salvador (6%)
- Laos (5%)
- Jamaica (5%)
- Other Central America (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 252 (79%)
- Carpooled: 38 (12%)
- Walked: 1 (0%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 26 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
2,366 people in state prisons
92.5% of residents of Broadwell township speak English at home.
5.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 617- In family households: 542 (148 male householders, 19 female householders)
152 spouses, 192 children (161 natural, 12 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 10 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 75 (42 male householders (33 living alone)), 18 female householders (16 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2,364 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 82 2-persons, 26 3-persons, 36 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 49 1-person, 7 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
119 married couples with children.
19 single-parent households (4 men, 15 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
| Here: | 25.6% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 2.9% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
| Here: | 57.1% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |