East Nelson township, Moultrie County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
East Nelson township: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
68% of East Nelson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 923
- Northeast: 67
- Midwest: 44
- South: 27
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in East Nelson township, Illinois:
- 209 people in nursing homes
- 4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in other workers' dormitories
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 297
- Mobile homes: 25
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,800
Housing units in East Nelson township with a mortgage: 125 (7 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 60
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Construction (10%)
- Health care (8%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Paper (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (15%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (11%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Nelson township:
- German (31.2%)
- United States or American (28.0%)
- English (17.7%)
- Irish (6.9%)
- Dutch (4.0%)
- French (except Basque) (3.2%)
- Hungarian (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 411 (80%)
- Carpooled: 34 (7%)
- Walked: 13 (3%)
- Worked at home: 56 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
- Electricity (32%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
People in group quarters in East Nelson township, Illinois:
- 209 people in nursing homes
- 4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in other workers' dormitories
98.0% of residents of East Nelson township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 845- In family households: 795 (215 male householders, 30 female householders)
239 spouses, 294 children (279 natural, 6 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 50 (24 male householders (21 living alone)), 20 female householders (20 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 222 (209 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 109 2-persons, 63 3-persons, 46 4-persons, 15 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 41 1-person, 3 3-persons,
170 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (3 men, 15 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
Here: | 10.0% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 33
Here: | 32.0% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |