Biggsville township, Henderson County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Biggsville township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
69% of Biggsville township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 336
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 193
- South: 15
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 226
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 19
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,100
Housing units in Biggsville township with a mortgage: 68 (11 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 88
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Warehousing and storage (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Health care (38%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Food (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Top executives (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Registered nurses (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Motor vehicle operators except bus and truck drivers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Biggsville township:
- Irish (21.3%)
- German (20.5%)
- United States or American (17.6%)
- English (14.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (8.2%)
- Dutch (2.9%)
- French (except Basque) (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (33%)
- Philippines (33%)
- Mexico (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 201 (76%)
- Carpooled: 29 (11%)
- Walked: 14 (5%)
- Worked at home: 19 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (1%)
96.3% of residents of Biggsville township speak English at home.
3.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 568- In family households: 498 (150 male householders, 24 female householders)
152 spouses, 144 children (139 natural, 3 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 70 (22 male householders (20 living alone)), 39 female householders (38 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 92 2-persons, 34 3-persons, 36 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 58 1-person, 2 2-persons, 1 4-persons,
88 married couples with children.
38 single-parent households (15 men, 23 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 16.7% |
| 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: 5
| Here: | 13.2% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |