Pigeon Grove township, Iroquois County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (60% naturalized citizens)
Pigeon Grove township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
70% of Pigeon Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1009
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 68
- South: 30
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 450
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 26
- 3 or 4: 16
- 5 to 9: 3
- Mobile homes: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Pigeon Grove township with a mortgage: 145 (10 second mortgage, 23 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 192
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (11%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pigeon Grove township:
- German (64.0%)
- English (11.5%)
- United States or American (8.0%)
- Irish (4.3%)
- Swiss (2.4%)
- French (except Basque) (1.8%)
- Swedish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (40%)
- Russia (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 382 (72%)
- Carpooled: 65 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (2%)
- Bicycle: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 36 (7%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 35 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (58%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (1%)
16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
91.6% of residents of Pigeon Grove township speak English at home.
8.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,127- In family households: 940 (269 male householders, 48 female householders)
267 spouses, 327 children (316 natural, 1 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 5 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 187 (64 male householders (52 living alone)), 109 female householders (109 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 16 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 165 2-persons, 58 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 31 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 161 1-person, 12 2-persons,
236 married couples with children.
39 single-parent households (5 men, 34 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
Here: | 5.0% |
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% |