Ross township, Edgar County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
Ross township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
61% of Ross township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1221
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 282
- South: 71
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
114 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 587
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 35
- 5 to 9: 11
- 10 to 19: 4
- Mobile homes: 66
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,800
Housing units in Ross township with a mortgage: 221 (14 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 182
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ross township:
- United States or American (36.7%)
- German (19.5%)
- English (15.1%)
- Irish (8.4%)
- Polish (3.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.5%)
- Italian (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (50%)
- Germany (25%)
- Italy (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 628 (85%)
- Carpooled: 68 (9%)
- Railroad: 1 (0%)
- Taxi: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 11 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 20 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (71%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Wood (1%)
114 people in nursing homes
97.9% of residents of Ross township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,453- In family households: 1,192 (341 male householders, 61 female householders)
352 spouses, 417 children (379 natural, 4 adopted, 34 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 3 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 261 (105 male householders (92 living alone)), 130 female householders (122 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 173 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 198 2-persons, 82 3-persons, 72 4-persons, 42 5-persons, 8 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 214 1-person, 18 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
276 married couples with children.
58 single-parent households (17 men, 41 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
Here: | 1.7% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
Here: | 2.8% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |