Jarvis township, Madison County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (62% naturalized citizens)
| Jarvis township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
57% of Jarvis township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7808
- Northeast: 297
- Midwest: 2538
- South: 828
- West: 420
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $132,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,453
- One, attached: 130
- Two: 334
- 3 or 4: 84
- 5 to 9: 165
- 10 to 19: 76
- 20 to 49: 32
- Mobile homes: 148
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,300
Housing units in Jarvis township with a mortgage: 2,419 (237 second mortgage, 259 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 609
- Construction (10%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (3%)
- Business operations specialists (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jarvis township:
- German (33.3%)
- Irish (12.8%)
- United States or American (9.2%)
- English (8.6%)
- Italian (6.1%)
- French (except Basque) (4.1%)
- Polish (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (45%)
- Philippines (12%)
- Ecuador (12%)
- Germany (8%)
- Canada (8%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,326 (84%)
- Carpooled: 613 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 85 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 7 (0%)
- Railroad: 6 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 30 (0%)
- Walked: 41 (1%)
- Other means: 18 (0%)
- Worked at home: 213 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.9% of residents of Jarvis township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 12,076- In family households: 11,027 (2,947 male householders, 497 female householders)
2,885 spouses, 4,239 children (3,928 natural, 115 adopted, 196 stepchildren), 145 grandchildren, 61 brothers or sisters, 53 parents, 63 other relatives, 137 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,049 (380 male householders (322 living alone)), 472 female householders (409 living alone)), 197 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 8 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,219 2-persons, 843 3-persons, 925 4-persons, 335 5-persons, 104 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 731 1-person, 85 2-persons, 23 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 5 5-persons,
2,773 married couples with children.
588 single-parent households (129 men, 459 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 164
| Here: | 9.5% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 28
| Here: | 3.6% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 49
| Here: | 6.5% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |