Freedom township, Carroll County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (33% naturalized citizens)
| Freedom township: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
58% of Freedom township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 25% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 92% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 472
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 132
- South: 6
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $126,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.7% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 611
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,600
Housing units in Freedom township with a mortgage: 111 (5 second mortgage, 34 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 100
- Machinery (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Rail transportation (12%)
- Construction (9%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Health care (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (12%)
- Health care (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Electricians (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (20%)
- Cashiers (12%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (11%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Freedom township:
- German (36.4%)
- Irish (11.8%)
- Polish (8.9%)
- United States or American (8.2%)
- English (5.8%)
- Italian (4.9%)
- Swedish (4.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (67%)
- Greece (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 212 (79%)
- Carpooled: 26 (10%)
- Walked: 9 (3%)
- Worked at home: 23 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (84%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (4%)
- Other fuel (2%)
96.7% of residents of Freedom township speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 654- In family households: 597 (225 male householders, 14 female householders)
217 spouses, 109 children (70 natural, 5 adopted, 34 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 12 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 57 (45 male householders (45 living alone)), 12 female householders (12 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 172 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 24 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 57 1-person,
58 married couples with children.
3 single-parent households (0 men, 3 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |