Chalmers township, McDonough County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (65% naturalized citizens)
| Chalmers township: | 2.7% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
70% of Chalmers township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 564
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 71
- South: 0
- West: 17
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 266
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 55
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,000
Housing units in Chalmers township with a mortgage: 49 (22 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 57
- Educational services (17%)
- Construction (17%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (11%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Educational services (29%)
- Health care (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Postsecondary teachers (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (18%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Accountants and auditors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Postsecondary teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Chalmers township:
- German (42.1%)
- United States or American (12.5%)
- English (12.1%)
- French (except Basque) (4.4%)
- Norwegian (3.8%)
- Welsh (3.8%)
- Italian (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (35%)
- Yugoslavia (35%)
- Korea (30%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 419 (95%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 17 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Utility gas (33%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Other fuel (2%)
94.4% of residents of Chalmers township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (46% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 691- In family households: 568 (179 male householders, 30 female householders)
197 spouses, 155 children (147 natural, 0 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 123 (53 male householders (47 living alone)), 52 female householders (39 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 124 2-persons, 50 3-persons, 27 4-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 86 1-person, 19 2-persons,
137 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (4 men, 10 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
| Here: | 45.2% |
| 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% |