Independence township, Saline County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Independence township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
64% of Independence township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 94% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1042
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 117
- South: 104
- West: 27
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 406
- Mobile homes: 103
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Independence township with a mortgage: 149 (17 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 70
- Public administration (15%)
- Health care (14%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (11%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (8%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Educational services (23%)
- Health care (20%)
- Public administration (14%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Registered nurses (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Independence township:
- United States or American (36.3%)
- German (19.0%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- English (7.6%)
- Swiss (3.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.0%)
- Italian (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Greece (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 517 (93%)
- Carpooled: 25 (4%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 6 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (48%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (45%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
99.5% of residents of Independence township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,303- In family households: 1,236 (344 male householders, 37 female householders)
390 spouses, 428 children (377 natural, 7 adopted, 44 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 9 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 67 (35 male householders (35 living alone)), 32 female householders (32 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 163 2-persons, 87 3-persons, 79 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 67 1-person,
303 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (9 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 8.6% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |