Jersey township, Jersey County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (77% naturalized citizens)
Jersey township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
61% of Jersey township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8222
- Northeast: 61
- Midwest: 779
- South: 196
- West: 118
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Jersey township, Illinois:
- 290 people in nursing homes
- 24 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 7 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,227
- One, attached: 25
- Two: 174
- 3 or 4: 191
- 5 to 9: 151
- 10 to 19: 16
- 20 to 49: 83
- Mobile homes: 95
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,300
Housing units in Jersey township with a mortgage: 1,396 (81 second mortgage, 190 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,015
- Construction (11%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jersey township:
- German (39.9%)
- United States or American (16.6%)
- Irish (11.6%)
- English (11.2%)
- French (except Basque) (4.2%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
- Italian (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (53%)
- Germany (47%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,665 (84%)
- Carpooled: 412 (9%)
- Railroad: 9 (0%)
- Bicycle: 12 (0%)
- Walked: 74 (2%)
- Other means: 50 (1%)
- Worked at home: 128 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Jersey township, Illinois:
- 290 people in nursing homes
- 24 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 7 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
97.9% of residents of Jersey township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,106- In family households: 7,664 (2,023 male householders, 462 female householders)
1,983 spouses, 2,869 children (2,647 natural, 65 adopted, 157 stepchildren), 107 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 28 parents, 32 other relatives, 142 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,442 (431 male householders (361 living alone)), 835 female householders (764 living alone)), 176 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 322 (299 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,080 2-persons, 568 3-persons, 493 4-persons, 242 5-persons, 87 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,125 1-person, 127 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 8 4-persons,
1,744 married couples with children.
511 single-parent households (88 men, 423 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 179
Here: | 16.1% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
Here: | 1.7% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 60
Here: | 14.4% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |