Alhambra township, Madison County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Alhambra township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
66% of Alhambra township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1170
- Northeast: 33
- Midwest: 160
- South: 49
- West: 28
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $87,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
135 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 484
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 11
- Mobile homes: 26
Median worth of mobile homes: $67,500
Housing units in Alhambra township with a mortgage: 185 (9 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 116
- Construction (15%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Health care (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (14%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Alhambra township:
- German (55.9%)
- English (8.0%)
- Irish (7.8%)
- United States or American (5.3%)
- European (3.0%)
- Swiss (2.6%)
- Italian (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (71%)
- Australia (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 513 (76%)
- Carpooled: 81 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (1%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 15 (2%)
- Worked at home: 52 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Utility gas (37%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
135 people in nursing homes
97.4% of residents of Alhambra township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,311- In family households: 1,175 (363 male householders, 42 female householders)
371 spouses, 371 children (337 natural, 6 adopted, 28 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 2 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 136 (43 male householders (36 living alone)), 86 female householders (86 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 136 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 198 2-persons, 107 3-persons, 62 4-persons, 31 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 122 1-person, 7 2-persons,
275 married couples with children.
30 single-parent households (10 men, 20 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
| Here: | 11.8% |
| 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: 7
| Here: | 24.1% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |