Richland Grove township, Mercer County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Richland Grove township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
59% of Richland Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 25% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1662
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 427
- South: 108
- West: 20
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 795
- One, attached: 25
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 7
- Mobile homes: 28
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,000
Housing units in Richland Grove township with a mortgage: 409 (48 second mortgage, 63 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 151
- Construction (13%)
- Machinery (11%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Food and beverage stores (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Richland Grove township:
- German (23.8%)
- Swedish (15.5%)
- Irish (11.0%)
- United States or American (10.1%)
- English (9.1%)
- Belgian (7.2%)
- Norwegian (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (36%)
- Colombia (36%)
- Germany (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,053 (86%)
- Carpooled: 110 (9%)
- Walked: 15 (1%)
- Other means: 15 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (47%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
98.2% of residents of Richland Grove township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 46% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,256- In family households: 2,063 (560 male householders, 92 female householders)
576 spouses, 740 children (644 natural, 18 adopted, 78 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 7 other relatives, 43 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 193 (85 male householders (77 living alone)), 75 female householders (63 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 242 2-persons, 170 3-persons, 162 4-persons, 53 5-persons, 25 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 140 1-person, 17 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 1 5-persons,
475 married couples with children.
76 single-parent households (23 men, 53 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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: 15
| Here: | 16.7% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |