Cherry Grove-Shannon township, Carroll County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (8% naturalized citizens)
| Cherry Grove-Shannon township: | 2.3% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
62% of Cherry Grove-Shannon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1245
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 145
- South: 17
- West: 21
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $61,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
31 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 637
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 4
- 5 to 9: 8
- 10 to 19: 9
- Mobile homes: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,100
Housing units in Cherry Grove-Shannon township with a mortgage: 185 (23 second mortgage, 27 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 161
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Construction (15%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Health care (30%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Registered nurses (13%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cherry Grove-Shannon township:
- German (52.2%)
- United States or American (7.8%)
- Dutch (5.7%)
- English (5.5%)
- Irish (5.3%)
- Swedish (3.2%)
- Danish (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (56%)
- Other Eastern Europe (31%)
- Iran (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 610 (79%)
- Carpooled: 37 (5%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 45 (6%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 66 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (51%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Wood (2%)
31 people in nursing homes
94.3% of residents of Cherry Grove-Shannon township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,445- In family households: 1,228 (389 male householders, 35 female householders)
391 spouses, 370 children (302 natural, 10 adopted, 58 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 217 (87 male householders (79 living alone)), 97 female householders (79 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 31 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 227 2-persons, 80 3-persons, 57 4-persons, 43 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 158 1-person, 22 2-persons, 4 4-persons,
331 married couples with children.
36 single-parent households (9 men, 27 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 13.6% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |