Oblong township, Crawford County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (19% naturalized citizens)
| Oblong township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
71% of Oblong township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2357
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 446
- South: 145
- West: 33
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $38,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
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
People in group quarters in Oblong township, Illinois:
- 47 people in nursing homes
- 20 people in other group homes
- 9 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,060
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 18
- 3 or 4: 45
- 5 to 9: 2
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 184
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,400
Housing units in Oblong township with a mortgage: 384 (28 second mortgage, 40 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 326
- Construction (10%)
- Repair and maintenance (10%)
- Food (7%)
- Petroleum and coal products (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Food (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Oblong township:
- United States or American (34.6%)
- German (22.0%)
- English (11.5%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- Scottish (2.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (56%)
- Germany (19%)
- Hungary (13%)
- Colombia (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,113 (81%)
- Carpooled: 166 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 27 (2%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 54 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (2%)
People in group quarters in Oblong township, Illinois:
- 47 people in nursing homes
- 20 people in other group homes
- 9 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
98.4% of residents of Oblong township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,956- In family households: 2,569 (709 male householders, 137 female householders)
738 spouses, 858 children (738 natural, 51 adopted, 69 stepchildren), 61 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 30 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 387 (126 male householders (97 living alone)), 222 female householders (208 living alone)), 39 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 75 (45 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 402 2-persons, 188 3-persons, 160 4-persons, 68 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 305 1-person, 35 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
501 married couples with children.
138 single-parent households (32 men, 106 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 16
| Here: | 4.6% |
| 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% |