Cambridge township, Henry County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Cambridge township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
64% of Cambridge township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2154
- Northeast: 39
- Midwest: 268
- South: 124
- West: 67
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $57,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
82 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 902
- One, attached: 19
- Two: 22
- 3 or 4: 21
- 5 to 9: 14
- 10 to 19: 15
- 20 to 49: 18
- Mobile homes: 50
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Cambridge township with a mortgage: 396 (40 second mortgage, 48 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 286
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Personal appearance workers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cambridge township:
- Swedish (24.1%)
- German (20.3%)
- United States or American (15.0%)
- English (10.3%)
- Irish (7.2%)
- Belgian (6.4%)
- Italian (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Pakistan (57%)
- Canada (24%)
- United Kingdom (19%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,009 (79%)
- Carpooled: 140 (11%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 53 (4%)
- Other means: 18 (1%)
- Worked at home: 52 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (78%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (1%)
82 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
97.5% of residents of Cambridge township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,594- In family households: 2,283 (591 male householders, 145 female householders)
582 spouses, 817 children (772 natural, 9 adopted, 36 stepchildren), 43 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 19 other relatives, 69 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 311 (112 male householders (85 living alone)), 164 female householders (160 living alone)), 35 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 83 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 314 2-persons, 156 3-persons, 162 4-persons, 76 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 245 1-person, 31 2-persons,
489 married couples with children.
117 single-parent households (32 men, 85 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
| Here: | 3.9% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 5.5% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 8.6% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |