Bluff Springs township, Cass County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Bluff Springs township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
67% of Bluff Springs township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 826
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 42
- South: 7
- West: 3
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 285
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 67
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,300
Housing units in Bluff Springs township with a mortgage: 119 (6 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 58
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Utilities (10%)
- Rail transportation (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (8%)
- Food (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Food (12%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (17%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Rail and water transportation workers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (11%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bluff Springs township:
- German (48.7%)
- Irish (16.0%)
- English (15.2%)
- United States or American (9.4%)
- European (2.5%)
- Dutch (2.0%)
- Welsh (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 376 (75%)
- Carpooled: 73 (15%)
- Railroad: 9 (2%)
- Worked at home: 44 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (49%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Wood (4%)
99.4% of residents of Bluff Springs township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 891- In family households: 795 (256 male householders, 18 female householders)
246 spouses, 256 children (224 natural, 0 adopted, 32 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 13 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 96 (46 male householders (32 living alone)), 19 female householders (19 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 145 2-persons, 37 3-persons, 67 4-persons, 25 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 51 1-person, 10 2-persons, 4 5-persons,
165 married couples with children.
29 single-parent households (8 men, 21 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 8.8% |
| 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% |