Denison township, Lawrence County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Denison township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
67% of Denison township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 39% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1166
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 514
- South: 63
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $30,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 585
- Two: 1
- 3 or 4: 21
- Mobile homes: 187
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,000
Housing units in Denison township with a mortgage: 145 (6 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 197
- Construction (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (9%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Denison township:
- United States or American (40.0%)
- German (18.0%)
- English (10.0%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- French (except Basque) (4.7%)
- Dutch (3.0%)
- European (1.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 708 (82%)
- Carpooled: 76 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 61 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (42%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
97.5% of residents of Denison township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (41% speak English very well, 41% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,760- In family households: 1,545 (407 male householders, 113 female householders)
423 spouses, 529 children (508 natural, 2 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 15 other relatives, 32 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 215 (116 male householders (92 living alone)), 76 female householders (75 living alone)), 23 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 241 2-persons, 116 3-persons, 97 4-persons, 51 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 167 1-person, 23 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
309 married couples with children.
79 single-parent households (27 men, 52 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 25
| Here: | 10.9% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 4.7% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |