Dorchester township, Macoupin County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (67% naturalized citizens)
Dorchester township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
71% of Dorchester township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1288
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 156
- South: 41
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $28,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 550
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 63
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 1
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,000
Housing units in Dorchester township with a mortgage: 171 (4 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 151
- Construction (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (13%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dorchester township:
- German (35.4%)
- Italian (12.0%)
- United States or American (11.9%)
- English (9.6%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- French (except Basque) (3.5%)
- European (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (67%)
- Italy (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 493 (79%)
- Carpooled: 60 (10%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 58 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (7%)
- Solar energy (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
97.8% of residents of Dorchester township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,522- In family households: 1,328 (387 male householders, 58 female householders)
362 spouses, 431 children (392 natural, 8 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 40 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 5 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 194 (63 male householders (43 living alone)), 84 female householders (73 living alone)), 47 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 210 2-persons, 97 3-persons, 73 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 116 1-person, 20 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 1 5-persons,
290 married couples with children.
59 single-parent households (31 men, 28 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): 2
Here: | 2.3% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
Here: | 8.1% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |