Galatia township, Saline County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Galatia township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
67% of Galatia township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1067
- Northeast: 26
- Midwest: 174
- South: 80
- West: 49
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $47,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
62 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 502
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 27
- 5 to 9: 2
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 73
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,400
Housing units in Galatia township with a mortgage: 130 (2 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 204
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (18%)
- Construction (16%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Extraction workers (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Galatia township:
- United States or American (28.7%)
- Irish (18.3%)
- German (15.3%)
- English (14.1%)
- Armenian (4.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 403 (76%)
- Carpooled: 62 (12%)
- Walked: 25 (5%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 39 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (50%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Wood (4%)
62 people in nursing homes
98.0% of residents of Galatia township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,348- In family households: 1,145 (302 male householders, 73 female householders)
305 spouses, 390 children (371 natural, 9 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 28 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 203 (58 male householders (50 living alone)), 130 female householders (124 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 62 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 174 2-persons, 83 3-persons, 72 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 174 1-person, 14 2-persons,
204 married couples with children.
70 single-parent households (7 men, 63 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |