East St. Louis township, St. Clair County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (58% naturalized citizens)
| East St. Louis township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
66% of East St. Louis township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 82% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 36% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 17692
- Northeast: 82
- Midwest: 6950
- South: 6583
- West: 112
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in East St. Louis township, Illinois:
- 119 people in nursing homes
- 46 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 40 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 38 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 23 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 8,349
- One, attached: 533
- Two: 778
- 3 or 4: 888
- 5 to 9: 1,493
- 10 to 19: 372
- 20 to 49: 65
- 50 or more: 356
- Mobile homes: 59
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,100
Housing units in East St. Louis township with a mortgage: 2,565 (259 second mortgage, 308 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,816
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East St. Louis township:
- African (1.4%)
- United States or American (0.7%)
- German (0.4%)
- Irish (0.3%)
- English (0.2%)
- Polish (0.1%)
- French Canadian (0.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (32%)
- Mexico (25%)
- Germany (19%)
- Haiti (15%)
- Guyana (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,110 (68%)
- Carpooled: 1,079 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1,139 (13%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 37 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 88 (1%)
- Railroad: 44 (0%)
- Taxi: 12 (0%)
- Walked: 214 (2%)
- Other means: 68 (1%)
- Worked at home: 236 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (86%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
People in group quarters in East St. Louis township, Illinois:
- 119 people in nursing homes
- 46 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 40 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 38 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 23 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
97.9% of residents of East St. Louis township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (55% speak English very well, 45% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 31,265- In family households: 27,439 (2,639 male householders, 5,099 female householders)
2,394 spouses, 12,064 children (11,303 natural, 394 adopted, 367 stepchildren), 2,475 grandchildren, 587 brothers or sisters, 293 parents, 849 other relatives, 1,039 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,826 (1,455 male householders (1,324 living alone)), 1,951 female householders (1,771 living alone)), 420 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 265 (183 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,550 2-persons, 2,016 3-persons, 1,411 4-persons, 915 5-persons, 475 6-persons, 371 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,095 1-person, 261 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 9 5-persons,
1,769 married couples with children.
6,135 single-parent households (436 men, 5,699 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 233
| Here: | 4.8% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 85
| Here: | 3.2% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 154
| Here: | 14.7% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |