Ball township, Sangamon County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (59% naturalized citizens)
| Ball township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
45% of Ball township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3709
- Northeast: 58
- Midwest: 523
- South: 230
- West: 63
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $275,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,579
- One, attached: 39
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 8
Housing units in Ball township with a mortgage: 1,137 (93 second mortgage, 175 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 197
- Public administration (20%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Construction (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Public administration (20%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (14%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ball township:
- German (30.2%)
- Irish (16.9%)
- English (12.4%)
- United States or American (7.8%)
- Italian (4.1%)
- European (4.1%)
- Dutch (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Europe (51%)
- United Kingdom (28%)
- Canada (13%)
- Philippines (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,281 (86%)
- Carpooled: 232 (9%)
- Worked at home: 131 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Other fuel (1%)
10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.9% of residents of Ball township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 55% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,654- In family households: 4,374 (1,232 male householders, 181 female householders)
1,232 spouses, 1,566 children (1,412 natural, 69 adopted, 85 stepchildren), 26 grandchildren, 23 brothers or sisters, 25 parents, 13 other relatives, 76 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 280 (98 male householders (70 living alone)), 129 female householders (119 living alone)), 53 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 12 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 568 2-persons, 281 3-persons, 384 4-persons, 147 5-persons, 31 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 189 1-person, 19 2-persons, 19 3-persons,
1,174 married couples with children.
139 single-parent households (36 men, 103 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 24
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 3.6% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |