Gillespie township, Macoupin County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (89% naturalized citizens)
| Gillespie township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
61% of Gillespie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3463
- Northeast: 20
- Midwest: 375
- South: 110
- West: 48
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
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
110 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,510
- One, attached: 31
- Two: 96
- 3 or 4: 55
- 5 to 9: 42
- 10 to 19: 4
- Mobile homes: 195
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,400
Housing units in Gillespie township with a mortgage: 603 (18 second mortgage, 60 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 557
- Metal and metal products (13%)
- Construction (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Metal and metal products (2%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Gillespie township:
- German (23.9%)
- Italian (19.8%)
- United States or American (9.8%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- Scottish (9.1%)
- English (7.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (31%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (20%)
- France (17%)
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Philippines (11%)
- Oceania, n.e.c. (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,483 (81%)
- Carpooled: 256 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 15 (1%)
- Walked: 21 (1%)
- Other means: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 55 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Wood (2%)
110 people in nursing homes
96.7% of residents of Gillespie township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (36% speak English very well, 64% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,945- In family households: 3,323 (867 male householders, 248 female householders)
931 spouses, 1,125 children (1,056 natural, 7 adopted, 62 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 45 parents, 27 other relatives, 32 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 622 (249 male householders (209 living alone)), 313 female householders (305 living alone)), 60 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 110 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 498 2-persons, 273 3-persons, 225 4-persons, 90 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 514 1-person, 43 2-persons, 5 4-persons,
620 married couples with children.
221 single-parent households (54 men, 167 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 1.8% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 18
| Here: | 7.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18
| Here: | 12.2% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |