Dahlgren township, Hamilton County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Dahlgren township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
73% of Dahlgren township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1043
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 79
- South: 45
- West: 26
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $10,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
2 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 409
- Two: 9
- Mobile homes: 104
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,800
Housing units in Dahlgren township with a mortgage: 107 (14 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 131
- Plastics and rubber products (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Construction (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (19%)
- Cashiers (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dahlgren township:
- German (34.7%)
- United States or American (29.6%)
- English (11.6%)
- Irish (9.9%)
- Dutch (2.4%)
- British (1.6%)
- Polish (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (63%)
- United Kingdom (38%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 522 (89%)
- Carpooled: 43 (7%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 11 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (41%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
2 people in nursing homes
97.2% of residents of Dahlgren township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,218- In family households: 1,106 (348 male householders, 30 female householders)
334 spouses, 350 children (329 natural, 7 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 21 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 6 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 112 (42 male householders (42 living alone)), 64 female householders (60 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 146 2-persons, 115 3-persons, 86 4-persons, 16 5-persons, 15 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 102 1-person, 4 2-persons,
262 married couples with children.
30 single-parent households (12 men, 18 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 3.4% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |