Carbondale township, Jackson County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 10 (17% naturalized citizens)
Carbondale township: | 9.9% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
31% of Carbondale township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 15716
- Northeast: 871
- Midwest: 2716
- South: 2108
- West: 712
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $56,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Carbondale township, Illinois:
- 284 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 173 people in nursing homes
- 152 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 107 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 57 people in state prisons
- 51 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,754
- One, attached: 237
- Two: 757
- 3 or 4: 1,133
- 5 to 9: 1,338
- 10 to 19: 875
- 20 to 49: 1,017
- 50 or more: 876
- Mobile homes: 2,282
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Carbondale township with a mortgage: 1,665 (122 second mortgage, 142 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,280
- Educational services (28%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Construction (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Educational services (37%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Health care (9%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (2%)
- Postsecondary teachers (13%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (3%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
- Postsecondary teachers (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Carbondale township:
- German (16.8%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- English (7.3%)
- United States or American (6.4%)
- Italian (3.5%)
- Polish (2.8%)
- Scottish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Japan (14%)
- Korea (10%)
- Mexico (8%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
- India (6%)
- Other Eastern Africa (5%)
- Taiwan (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8,531 (72%)
- Carpooled: 1,394 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 269 (2%)
- Subway or elevated: 7 (0%)
- Railroad: 9 (0%)
- Taxi: 29 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 10 (0%)
- Bicycle: 284 (2%)
- Walked: 1,066 (9%)
- Other means: 19 (0%)
- Worked at home: 280 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (52%)
- Utility gas (45%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
People in group quarters in Carbondale township, Illinois:
- 284 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 173 people in nursing homes
- 152 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 107 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 57 people in state prisons
- 51 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
87.0% of residents of Carbondale township speak English at home.
3.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
4.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (39% speak English very well, 43% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other language at home (71% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 23,819- In family households: 12,971 (2,959 male householders, 1,553 female householders)
2,985 spouses, 4,276 children (4,055 natural, 75 adopted, 146 stepchildren), 168 grandchildren, 327 brothers or sisters, 82 parents, 201 other relatives, 420 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 10,848 (3,914 male householders (2,618 living alone)), 3,451 female householders (2,411 living alone)), 3,483 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 841 (524 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,244 2-persons, 1,036 3-persons, 723 4-persons, 343 5-persons, 133 6-persons, 33 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 5,029 1-person, 1,565 2-persons, 491 3-persons, 242 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 14 6-persons,
2,075 married couples with children.
1,573 single-parent households (212 men, 1,361 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 85
Here: | 5.1% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 64
Here: | 7.9% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 118
Here: | 1.6% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |