Beardstown township, Cass County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 16 (18% naturalized citizens)
Beardstown township: | 15.7% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
55% of Beardstown township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4778
- Northeast: 32
- Midwest: 315
- South: 223
- West: 117
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $26,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
119 people in nursing homes
30 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,870
- One, attached: 33
- Two: 121
- 3 or 4: 74
- 5 to 9: 71
- 10 to 19: 20
- 20 to 49: 24
- Mobile homes: 460
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Beardstown township with a mortgage: 707 (103 second mortgage, 49 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 698
- Food (32%)
- Construction (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Food (14%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Food processing workers (17%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Rail and water transportation workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Food processing workers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Beardstown township:
- German (25.6%)
- United States or American (17.0%)
- English (6.7%)
- Irish (6.6%)
- Dutch (2.6%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
- Scottish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (91%)
- Cuba (2%)
- Philippines (1%)
- Guatemala (1%)
- United Kingdom (1%)
- Panama (1%)
- France (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,931 (69%)
- Carpooled: 702 (25%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 72 (3%)
- Worked at home: 72 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
119 people in nursing homes
30 people in homes for the mentally retarded
82.5% of residents of Beardstown township speak English at home.
16.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (12% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 38% speak English not well, 36% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,389- In family households: 5,352 (1,321 male householders, 340 female householders)
1,311 spouses, 1,774 children (1,576 natural, 35 adopted, 163 stepchildren), 132 grandchildren, 99 brothers or sisters, 40 parents, 136 other relatives, 199 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,037 (346 male householders (253 living alone)), 476 female householders (435 living alone)), 215 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 150 (119 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 667 2-persons, 412 3-persons, 297 4-persons, 150 5-persons, 93 6-persons, 42 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 688 1-person, 100 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 3 5-persons,
1,060 married couples with children.
434 single-parent households (113 men, 321 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 81
Here: | 11.5% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
Here: | 1.5% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 42
Here: | 22.0% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |