Hopedale township, Tazewell County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (80% naturalized citizens)
| Hopedale township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
62% of Hopedale township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1646
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 139
- South: 124
- West: 9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $70,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Hopedale township, Illinois:
- 98 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 19 people in nursing homes
- 2 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 660
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 16
- 3 or 4: 21
- 5 to 9: 17
Housing units in Hopedale township with a mortgage: 269 (29 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 198
- Construction (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (30%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hopedale township:
- German (48.7%)
- United States or American (12.6%)
- English (8.3%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- French (except Basque) (3.5%)
- Italian (2.3%)
- Scottish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (53%)
- Other Eastern Europe (38%)
- Romania (5%)
- Panama (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 707 (80%)
- Carpooled: 107 (12%)
- Walked: 23 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 45 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Hopedale township, Illinois:
- 98 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 19 people in nursing homes
- 2 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
96.9% of residents of Hopedale township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 18% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,848- In family households: 1,692 (500 male householders, 52 female householders)
498 spouses, 569 children (530 natural, 8 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 16 other relatives, 29 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 156 (74 male householders (61 living alone)), 66 female householders (63 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 118 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 266 2-persons, 106 3-persons, 97 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 124 1-person, 16 2-persons,
411 married couples with children.
33 single-parent households (11 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 1.2% |
| 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: 5
| Here: | 9.6% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |