Gold Hill township, Gallatin County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (32% naturalized citizens)
| Gold Hill township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
66% of Gold Hill 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, 54% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1392
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 264
- South: 205
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $15,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
19 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 608
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 42
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 14
- Mobile homes: 220
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,800
Housing units in Gold Hill township with a mortgage: 162 (4 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 263
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (13%)
- Truck transportation (13%)
- Construction (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (28%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Private households (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (15%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Extraction workers (7%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Gold Hill township:
- United States or American (34.1%)
- Irish (17.4%)
- German (16.1%)
- English (9.3%)
- Italian (3.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.1%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (58%)
- Pakistan (26%)
- Germany (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 617 (82%)
- Carpooled: 90 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 30 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
19 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
97.0% of residents of Gold Hill township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 37% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,890- In family households: 1,561 (440 male householders, 115 female householders)
449 spouses, 485 children (441 natural, 7 adopted, 37 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 4 other relatives, 31 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 329 (101 male householders (82 living alone)), 196 female householders (185 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 19 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 272 2-persons, 159 3-persons, 93 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 267 1-person, 27 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
274 married couples with children.
115 single-parent households (16 men, 99 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.1% |
| 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: 3
| Here: | 3.7% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |