Galva township, Henry County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (73% naturalized citizens)
| Galva township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
63% of Galva township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2583
- Northeast: 34
- Midwest: 245
- South: 93
- West: 70
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $46,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
4 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,215
- Two: 43
- 3 or 4: 36
- 5 to 9: 27
- 20 to 49: 52
- 50 or more: 4
- Mobile homes: 28
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Galva township with a mortgage: 467 (30 second mortgage, 31 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 411
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Galva township:
- Swedish (22.1%)
- German (17.3%)
- United States or American (13.0%)
- English (12.2%)
- Irish (9.0%)
- Belgian (4.5%)
- Norwegian (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (36%)
- Mexico (32%)
- Ireland (14%)
- Vietnam (11%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,265 (82%)
- Carpooled: 147 (10%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (1%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 59 (4%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 54 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (80%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (1%)
4 people in nursing homes
97.7% of residents of Galva township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English 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: 3,093- In family households: 2,606 (652 male householders, 178 female householders)
726 spouses, 902 children (845 natural, 10 adopted, 47 stepchildren), 56 grandchildren, 25 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 30 other relatives, 29 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 487 (173 male householders (145 living alone)), 270 female householders (258 living alone)), 44 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 389 2-persons, 152 3-persons, 191 4-persons, 74 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 403 1-person, 36 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
540 married couples with children.
153 single-parent households (27 men, 126 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 1.6% |
| 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: 27
| Here: | 20.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |