Selby township, Bureau County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 17 (21% naturalized citizens)
Selby township: | 16.8% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
70% of Selby township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1747
- Northeast: 25
- Midwest: 126
- South: 117
- West: 41
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
12 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 841
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 35
- 3 or 4: 26
- 5 to 9: 15
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 74
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Selby township with a mortgage: 285 (10 second mortgage, 30 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 273
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Construction (13%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Food (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (11%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Selby township:
- German (12.5%)
- Italian (8.9%)
- English (7.3%)
- United States or American (7.0%)
- Polish (5.8%)
- Irish (5.7%)
- Slovene (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (86%)
- Laos (7%)
- Taiwan (1%)
- Other Eastern Europe (1%)
- Philippines (1%)
- Thailand (1%)
- El Salvador (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 733 (72%)
- Carpooled: 220 (22%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 25 (2%)
- Other means: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 16 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
12 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
72.2% of residents of Selby township speak English at home.
25.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (42% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 28% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,467- In family households: 2,158 (512 male householders, 114 female householders)
520 spouses, 820 children (748 natural, 16 adopted, 56 stepchildren), 46 grandchildren, 24 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 47 other relatives, 59 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 309 (118 male householders (97 living alone)), 131 female householders (119 living alone)), 60 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 13 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 226 2-persons, 125 3-persons, 130 4-persons, 88 5-persons, 32 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 216 1-person, 27 2-persons, 1 3-persons, 1 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
528 married couples with children.
115 single-parent households (39 men, 76 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
Here: | 4.3% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
Here: | 7.0% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
Here: | 17.9% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |