Makanda township, Jackson County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (42% naturalized citizens)
| Makanda township: | 4.7% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
57% of Makanda township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2714
- Northeast: 139
- Midwest: 401
- South: 326
- West: 162
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $57,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,264
- One, attached: 20
- Two: 101
- 3 or 4: 38
- 5 to 9: 8
- 10 to 19: 13
- Mobile homes: 306
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Makanda township with a mortgage: 486 (43 second mortgage, 62 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 255
- Educational services (28%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Educational services (34%)
- Health care (20%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Postsecondary teachers (13%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Top executives (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Postsecondary teachers (14%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Makanda township:
- German (19.9%)
- English (14.1%)
- Irish (14.0%)
- United States or American (8.0%)
- Italian (4.7%)
- Dutch (4.6%)
- Polish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (17%)
- India (13%)
- Thailand (12%)
- Other South Eastern Asia (9%)
- Laos (8%)
- Africa, n.e.c. (8%)
- Pakistan (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,722 (83%)
- Carpooled: 253 (12%)
- Walked: 20 (1%)
- Worked at home: 70 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (53%)
- Utility gas (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
94.1% of residents of Makanda township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (48% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 28% speak English not well).
2.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,964- In family households: 3,204 (877 male householders, 194 female householders)
906 spouses, 1,135 children (1,042 natural, 25 adopted, 68 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 34 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 760 (310 male householders (194 living alone)), 278 female householders (236 living alone)), 172 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 477 2-persons, 257 3-persons, 202 4-persons, 96 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 430 1-person, 143 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
781 married couples with children.
151 single-parent households (34 men, 117 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 2.5% |
| 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: 9
| Here: | 2.7% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |