Kansas township, Edgar County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
Kansas township: | 1.1% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
57% of Kansas township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 869
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 109
- South: 65
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 384
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 16
- 3 or 4: 5
- 20 to 49: 38
- Mobile homes: 32
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Kansas township with a mortgage: 149 (13 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 119
- Construction (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Health care (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Kansas township:
- United States or American (31.1%)
- German (22.9%)
- Irish (12.2%)
- English (8.7%)
- French (except Basque) (3.6%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (67%)
- Romania (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 349 (78%)
- Carpooled: 68 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (1%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 8 (2%)
- Worked at home: 17 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
97.9% of residents of Kansas township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,095- In family households: 957 (254 male householders, 49 female householders)
248 spouses, 344 children (301 natural, 7 adopted, 36 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 9 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 138 (46 male householders (41 living alone)), 81 female householders (77 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 128 2-persons, 59 3-persons, 72 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 118 1-person, 9 2-persons,
209 married couples with children.
71 single-parent households (21 men, 50 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
Here: | 5.2% |
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% |