Mason township, Effingham County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Mason township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
63% of Mason township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1443
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 61
- South: 29
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 469
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 10
- Mobile homes: 123
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,200
Housing units in Mason township with a mortgage: 151 (16 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 126
- Printing and related support activities (11%)
- Construction (9%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (17%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Gasoline stations (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (19%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Printing workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Printing workers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Bus drivers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mason township:
- German (56.4%)
- United States or American (13.0%)
- English (11.8%)
- Irish (4.3%)
- Scottish (2.8%)
- Polish (2.5%)
- Italian (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (50%)
- Mexico (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 622 (85%)
- Carpooled: 67 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (1%)
- Railroad: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 14 (2%)
- Worked at home: 23 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (55%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Wood (5%)
96.1% of residents of Mason township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,558- In family households: 1,384 (371 male householders, 63 female householders)
352 spouses, 524 children (418 natural, 7 adopted, 99 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 20 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 174 (62 male householders (49 living alone)), 83 female householders (72 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 163 2-persons, 91 3-persons, 99 4-persons, 57 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 121 1-person, 24 2-persons,
323 married couples with children.
70 single-parent households (28 men, 42 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 37
| Here: | 17.5% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
| Here: | 11.9% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 17.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |