Godfrey township, Madison County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (54% naturalized citizens)
| Godfrey township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
65% of Godfrey township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% 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: 12083
- Northeast: 253
- Midwest: 2418
- South: 792
- West: 426
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $132,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
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
People in group quarters in Godfrey township, Illinois:
- 258 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 185 people in nursing homes
- 15 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 15 people in homes for the physically handicapped
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,800
- One, attached: 157
- Two: 71
- 3 or 4: 417
- 5 to 9: 72
- 10 to 19: 30
- 20 to 49: 25
- 50 or more: 58
- Mobile homes: 82
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,500
Housing units in Godfrey township with a mortgage: 3,357 (266 second mortgage, 401 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,812
- Construction (9%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (20%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Godfrey township:
- German (35.5%)
- English (11.7%)
- United States or American (10.8%)
- Irish (9.7%)
- Italian (3.3%)
- European (3.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (12%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (12%)
- Canada (12%)
- Japan (9%)
- Argentina (9%)
- Korea (7%)
- India (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,497 (87%)
- Carpooled: 651 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 47 (1%)
- Taxi: 8 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 16 (0%)
- Bicycle: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 44 (1%)
- Other means: 18 (0%)
- Worked at home: 157 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
People in group quarters in Godfrey township, Illinois:
- 258 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 185 people in nursing homes
- 15 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 15 people in homes for the physically handicapped
96.1% of residents of Godfrey township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 53% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 15,846- In family households: 13,705 (3,984 male householders, 739 female householders)
3,968 spouses, 4,527 children (4,318 natural, 105 adopted, 104 stepchildren), 89 grandchildren, 52 brothers or sisters, 60 parents, 105 other relatives, 181 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,141 (608 male householders (445 living alone)), 1,144 female householders (1,050 living alone)), 389 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 474 (183 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,361 2-persons, 999 3-persons, 900 4-persons, 347 5-persons, 68 6-persons, 48 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,495 1-person, 198 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 10 6-persons,
2,827 married couples with children.
601 single-parent households (134 men, 467 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 542
| Here: | 31.9% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 218
| Here: | 22.9% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 70
| Here: | 9.7% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |