Scales Mound township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Scales Mound township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
67% of Scales Mound township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 243
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 392
- South: 14
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 252
- Two: 19
- 3 or 4: 4
- 5 to 9: 5
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $112,500
Housing units in Scales Mound township with a mortgage: 90 (7 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 81
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Construction (13%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Food (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (12%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Scales Mound township:
- German (51.5%)
- English (14.7%)
- United States or American (11.2%)
- Irish (8.9%)
- Norwegian (2.5%)
- Polish (1.6%)
- Dutch (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Europe (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 240 (69%)
- Carpooled: 43 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 29 (8%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 29 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (60%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Wood (2%)
- Solar energy (1%)
97.4% of residents of Scales Mound township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 658- In family households: 551 (142 male householders, 15 female householders)
134 spouses, 235 children (217 natural, 3 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 107 (57 male householders (54 living alone)), 46 female householders (43 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 54 2-persons, 24 3-persons, 42 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 97 1-person, 6 2-persons,
137 married couples with children.
27 single-parent households (10 men, 17 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): 8
| Here: | 14.3% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 13.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |