Bridgeport township, Lawrence County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Bridgeport township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
62% of Bridgeport township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1804
- Northeast: 30
- Midwest: 607
- South: 159
- West: 22
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $31,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
57 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 836
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 16
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 12
- 10 to 19: 29
- 20 to 49: 4
- Mobile homes: 255
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,600
Housing units in Bridgeport township with a mortgage: 272 (9 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 266
- Construction (14%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Petroleum and coal products (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bridgeport township:
- United States or American (38.2%)
- English (19.7%)
- German (14.4%)
- Irish (11.2%)
- French (except Basque) (4.0%)
- Dutch (2.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- France (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 977 (79%)
- Carpooled: 155 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Bicycle: 9 (1%)
- Walked: 28 (2%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 55 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (85%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
57 people in nursing homes
98.2% of residents of Bridgeport township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (37% speak English very well, 63% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (54% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,612- In family households: 2,240 (526 male householders, 197 female householders)
533 spouses, 856 children (819 natural, 18 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 25 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 11 other relatives, 51 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 372 (146 male householders (110 living alone)), 161 female householders (149 living alone)), 65 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 57 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 320 2-persons, 179 3-persons, 132 4-persons, 57 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 259 1-person, 31 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 9 4-persons,
463 married couples with children.
164 single-parent households (50 men, 114 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% |