Quarry township, Jersey County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Quarry township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
57% of Quarry 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: 819
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 145
- South: 73
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $156,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
68 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 330
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 23
- Mobile homes: 96
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,000
Housing units in Quarry township with a mortgage: 119 (2 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 66
- Metal and metal products (14%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Personal and laundry services (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Office supplies and stationery stores (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Quarry township:
- German (30.7%)
- English (16.0%)
- United States or American (15.7%)
- Irish (10.2%)
- French (except Basque) (6.1%)
- Italian (5.5%)
- Swedish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (36%)
- Poland (27%)
- United Kingdom (18%)
- Canada (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 372 (80%)
- Carpooled: 77 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 16 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
68 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
98.5% of residents of Quarry township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (9% speak English very well, 91% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (25% speak English very well, 75% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,017- In family households: 866 (231 male householders, 51 female householders)
217 spouses, 327 children (297 natural, 2 adopted, 28 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 7 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 151 (65 male householders (53 living alone)), 75 female householders (73 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 67 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 116 2-persons, 56 3-persons, 65 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 126 1-person, 14 2-persons,
162 married couples with children.
46 single-parent households (7 men, 39 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 2.9% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
| Here: | 21.7% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |