Ash Grove township, Shelby County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Ash Grove township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
76% of Ash Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 23% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 435
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 39
- South: 9
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 203
- Mobile homes: 61
Median worth of mobile homes: $39,400
Housing units in Ash Grove township with a mortgage: 72 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 48
- Printing and related support activities (10%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (10%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (9%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Construction (5%)
- Finance and insurance (15%)
- Health care (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Printing workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (21%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (12%)
- Waiters and waitresses (10%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ash Grove township:
- United States or American (40.9%)
- German (25.3%)
- Irish (11.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (7.5%)
- English (5.6%)
- Italian (4.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 199 (84%)
- Carpooled: 14 (6%)
- Walked: 4 (2%)
- Worked at home: 20 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (74%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (5%)
97.7% of residents of Ash Grove township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 518- In family households: 453 (132 male householders, 0 female householders)
129 spouses, 188 children (170 natural, 0 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 65 (31 male householders (28 living alone)), 31 female householders (31 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 51 2-persons, 28 3-persons, 24 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 59 1-person, 3 2-persons,
116 married couples with children.
11 single-parent households (9 men, 2 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): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |