Cartwright township, Sangamon County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Cartwright township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
64% of Cartwright township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1391
- Northeast: 20
- Midwest: 79
- South: 89
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $89,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 556
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 14
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,100
Housing units in Cartwright township with a mortgage: 273 (38 second mortgage, 44 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 106
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Construction (13%)
- Public administration (13%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Finance and insurance (16%)
- Public administration (15%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Construction (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cartwright township:
- German (38.6%)
- United States or American (17.6%)
- English (12.8%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
- French Canadian (1.5%)
- Swedish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Thailand (55%)
- Argentina (45%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 695 (81%)
- Carpooled: 83 (10%)
- Walked: 27 (3%)
- Worked at home: 54 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (45%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
98.0% of residents of Cartwright township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,607- In family households: 1,498 (384 male householders, 90 female householders)
407 spouses, 553 children (477 natural, 10 adopted, 66 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 9 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 109 (51 male householders (38 living alone)), 48 female householders (48 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 189 2-persons, 105 3-persons, 124 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 19 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 86 1-person, 13 2-persons,
345 married couples with children.
75 single-parent households (7 men, 68 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 5.9% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 2.5% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |