Cottonwood township, Cumberland County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Cottonwood township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
68% of Cottonwood township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 396
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 35
- South: 32
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 171
- Mobile homes: 50
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,200
Housing units in Cottonwood township with a mortgage: 33 (5 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 35
- Machinery (16%)
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Printing and related support activities (6%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (9%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Paper (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Gasoline stations (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (20%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Printing workers (6%)
- Religious workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (16%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cottonwood township:
- English (29.3%)
- German (26.9%)
- United States or American (19.7%)
- Irish (13.4%)
- Dutch (4.1%)
- British (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 203 (94%)
- Carpooled: 10 (5%)
- Worked at home: 4 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (92%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Wood (3%)
98.7% of residents of Cottonwood township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 470- In family households: 397 (109 male householders, 27 female householders)
105 spouses, 150 children (145 natural, 0 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 73 (24 male householders (24 living alone)), 45 female householders (38 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 74 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 32 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 62 1-person, 7 2-persons,
100 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (1 men, 13 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: 4
| Here: | 16.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |