Edford township, Henry County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Edford township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
75% of Edford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 541
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 129
- South: 20
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 267
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Edford township with a mortgage: 77 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 69
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (24%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Health care (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Personal and laundry services (10%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (20%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (14%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (13%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Architects, surveyors, and cartographers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Edford township:
- German (35.6%)
- United States or American (22.7%)
- English (11.7%)
- Swedish (6.5%)
- Irish (6.0%)
- Italian (4.6%)
- Belgian (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (53%)
- Thailand (47%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 290 (73%)
- Carpooled: 22 (6%)
- Walked: 6 (2%)
- Worked at home: 77 (19%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (74%)
- Utility gas (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (5%)
98.3% of residents of Edford township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 715- In family households: 654 (211 male householders, 11 female householders)
205 spouses, 216 children (166 natural, 28 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 61 (41 male householders (41 living alone)), 20 female householders (20 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 101 2-persons, 46 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 31 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 61 1-person,
135 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (7 men, 8 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): 4
| Here: | 9.3% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |