Murphysboro township, Jackson County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (22% naturalized citizens)
| Murphysboro township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
47% of Murphysboro township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 12050
- Northeast: 206
- Midwest: 1440
- South: 907
- West: 346
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $60,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Murphysboro township, Illinois:
- 4,676 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 149 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 90 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 29 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 12 people in unknown juvenile institutions
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,543
- One, attached: 77
- Two: 191
- 3 or 4: 249
- 5 to 9: 144
- 10 to 19: 73
- 20 to 49: 50
- 50 or more: 210
- Mobile homes: 665
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,600
Housing units in Murphysboro township with a mortgage: 1,352 (48 second mortgage, 68 home equity loan, 15 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 955
- Educational services (15%)
- Construction (10%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Educational services (27%)
- Health care (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Postsecondary teachers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Murphysboro township:
- German (25.6%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- English (8.0%)
- United States or American (7.7%)
- Italian (6.4%)
- Polish (2.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (14%)
- India (14%)
- Germany (13%)
- Russia (6%)
- Korea (6%)
- Taiwan (5%)
- Japan (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,273 (66%)
- Carpooled: 936 (14%)
- Railroad: 9 (0%)
- Taxi: 8 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 18 (0%)
- Bicycle: 68 (1%)
- Walked: 943 (14%)
- Other means: 59 (1%)
- Worked at home: 193 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Murphysboro township, Illinois:
- 4,676 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 149 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 90 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 29 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 12 people in unknown juvenile institutions
92.6% of residents of Murphysboro township speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 36% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 27% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (62% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,513- In family households: 8,521 (2,183 male householders, 758 female householders)
2,310 spouses, 2,811 children (2,535 natural, 67 adopted, 209 stepchildren), 116 grandchildren, 44 brothers or sisters, 41 parents, 48 other relatives, 210 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,992 (647 male householders (510 living alone)), 1,063 female householders (960 living alone)), 282 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4,965 (150 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,372 2-persons, 724 3-persons, 612 4-persons, 169 5-persons, 45 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,470 1-person, 214 2-persons, 26 3-persons,
1,491 married couples with children.
767 single-parent households (115 men, 652 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 75
| Here: | 7.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 23
| Here: | 4.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 114
| Here: | 2.1% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |