East Eldorado township, Saline County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| East Eldorado township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
61% of East Eldorado township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4988
- Northeast: 44
- Midwest: 926
- South: 408
- West: 35
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $42,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
233 people in nursing homes
5 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,424
- One, attached: 22
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 38
- 5 to 9: 57
- 10 to 19: 49
- 20 to 49: 13
- 50 or more: 24
- Mobile homes: 458
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,400
Housing units in East Eldorado township with a mortgage: 773 (42 second mortgage, 48 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 806
- Construction (19%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (32%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Eldorado township:
- United States or American (24.0%)
- Irish (18.3%)
- German (17.8%)
- English (15.0%)
- French (except Basque) (3.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.5%)
- Scottish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (55%)
- Germany (45%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,864 (80%)
- Carpooled: 348 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 46 (2%)
- Other means: 15 (1%)
- Worked at home: 37 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (1%)
233 people in nursing homes
5 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
97.6% of residents of East Eldorado township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (84% speak English very well, 4% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,199- In family households: 5,179 (1,407 male householders, 300 female householders)
1,361 spouses, 1,895 children (1,732 natural, 9 adopted, 154 stepchildren), 36 grandchildren, 29 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 67 other relatives, 62 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,020 (319 male householders (307 living alone)), 628 female householders (577 living alone)), 73 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 213 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 832 2-persons, 347 3-persons, 298 4-persons, 176 5-persons, 36 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 884 1-person, 47 2-persons, 16 3-persons,
947 married couples with children.
372 single-parent households (79 men, 293 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 1.4% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 23
| Here: | 6.6% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |