Okawville township, Washington County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (44% naturalized citizens)
Okawville township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
60% of Okawville township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1451
- Northeast: 26
- Midwest: 277
- South: 70
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 663
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 23
- 3 or 4: 12
- 5 to 9: 17
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 110
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,000
Housing units in Okawville township with a mortgage: 259 (18 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 194
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (14%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Okawville township:
- German (65.6%)
- United States or American (11.1%)
- Irish (4.3%)
- English (3.3%)
- Polish (2.8%)
- French (except Basque) (1.9%)
- Italian (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (39%)
- Russia (17%)
- Other South Central Asia (17%)
- Other Western Asia (17%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 812 (83%)
- Carpooled: 97 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 30 (3%)
- Other means: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 19 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (64%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
97.9% of residents of Okawville township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% 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: 1,894- In family households: 1,625 (468 male householders, 76 female householders)
455 spouses, 551 children (499 natural, 9 adopted, 43 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 2 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 269 (105 male householders (84 living alone)), 131 female householders (126 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 235 2-persons, 125 3-persons, 121 4-persons, 46 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 210 1-person, 22 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
380 married couples with children.
54 single-parent households (19 men, 35 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 32
Here: | 14.2% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
Here: | 2.8% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
Here: | 16.1% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |