Ash Grove township, Iroquois County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Ash Grove township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
77% of Ash Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% 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: 670
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 72
- South: 12
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 325
- One, attached: 1
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,800
Housing units in Ash Grove township with a mortgage: 86 (3 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 92
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (23%)
- Construction (20%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Food (3%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Educational services (25%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Construction (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (18%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secondary school teachers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ash Grove township:
- German (61.5%)
- United States or American (6.0%)
- Irish (5.4%)
- Dutch (4.7%)
- Italian (4.6%)
- English (4.4%)
- Norwegian (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (50%)
- Germany (25%)
- United Kingdom (13%)
- Haiti (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 295 (75%)
- Carpooled: 50 (13%)
- Walked: 17 (4%)
- Worked at home: 33 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (49%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
- Utility gas (3%)
97.0% of residents of Ash Grove township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 23% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 797- In family households: 723 (223 male householders, 19 female householders)
215 spouses, 243 children (216 natural, 16 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 10 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 74 (30 male householders (27 living alone)), 29 female householders (27 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 130 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 54 1-person, 2 2-persons, 3 5-persons,
167 married couples with children.
10 single-parent households (1 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 19.3% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 4.9% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |