Fort Russell township, Madison County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Fort Russell township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
56% of Fort Russell township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 35% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5626
- Northeast: 82
- Midwest: 1379
- South: 478
- West: 177
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
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
94 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,546
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 301
- 5 to 9: 107
- 10 to 19: 74
- 20 to 49: 8
- 50 or more: 109
- Mobile homes: 55
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 17
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,900
Housing units in Fort Russell township with a mortgage: 1,346 (114 second mortgage, 128 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 643
- Metal and metal products (15%)
- Construction (14%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Petroleum and coal products (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fort Russell township:
- German (33.2%)
- United States or American (21.5%)
- English (10.0%)
- Irish (9.5%)
- Italian (6.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.8%)
- Polish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (33%)
- Ireland (20%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Philippines (15%)
- Canada (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,069 (88%)
- Carpooled: 250 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 59 (2%)
- Other means: 18 (1%)
- Worked at home: 82 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
94 people in nursing homes
97.9% of residents of Fort Russell township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,710- In family households: 6,757 (1,689 male householders, 487 female householders)
1,835 spouses, 2,328 children (2,084 natural, 65 adopted, 179 stepchildren), 118 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 108 other relatives, 154 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 953 (402 male householders (370 living alone)), 449 female householders (393 living alone)), 102 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 92 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 877 2-persons, 588 3-persons, 466 4-persons, 182 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 36 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 763 1-person, 78 2-persons, 10 4-persons,
1,420 married couples with children.
405 single-parent households (112 men, 293 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 144
| Here: | 14.5% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 37
| Here: | 8.8% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 25
| Here: | 7.8% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |