Brighton township, Macoupin County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (97% naturalized citizens)
| Brighton township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
62% of Brighton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3345
- Northeast: 36
- Midwest: 410
- South: 211
- West: 70
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $47,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
63 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,293
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 33
- 3 or 4: 4
- 5 to 9: 19
- 10 to 19: 15
- Mobile homes: 223
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,600
Housing units in Brighton township with a mortgage: 620 (79 second mortgage, 47 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 306
- Metal and metal products (20%)
- Construction (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Personal appearance workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Brighton township:
- German (33.0%)
- United States or American (17.6%)
- English (13.8%)
- Irish (12.3%)
- Italian (3.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
- Dutch (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (35%)
- Germany (32%)
- Japan (16%)
- Philippines (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,699 (90%)
- Carpooled: 142 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 30 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (53%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
63 people in nursing homes
98.2% of residents of Brighton township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 28% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (43% speak English very well, 57% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,049- In family households: 3,639 (972 male householders, 199 female householders)
983 spouses, 1,291 children (1,129 natural, 63 adopted, 99 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 75 other relatives, 76 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 410 (148 male householders (127 living alone)), 200 female householders (170 living alone)), 62 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 63 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 478 2-persons, 285 3-persons, 256 4-persons, 98 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 34 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 297 1-person, 38 2-persons, 13 3-persons,
832 married couples with children.
184 single-parent households (48 men, 136 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 41
| Here: | 7.7% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 2.2% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
| Here: | 11.5% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |