Pittsfield township, Pike County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (45% naturalized citizens)
| Pittsfield township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
60% of Pittsfield 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, 60% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3577
- Northeast: 54
- Midwest: 337
- South: 202
- West: 106
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $70,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Pittsfield township, Illinois:
- 390 people in state prisons
- 77 people in nursing homes
- 31 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,550
- One, attached: 62
- Two: 94
- 3 or 4: 84
- 5 to 9: 42
- 10 to 19: 16
- Mobile homes: 98
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,300
Housing units in Pittsfield township with a mortgage: 512 (23 second mortgage, 32 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 617
- Public administration (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Health care (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pittsfield township:
- United States or American (24.5%)
- English (21.3%)
- German (21.1%)
- Irish (8.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.7%)
- Polish (2.4%)
- Scottish (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (31%)
- Poland (24%)
- Mexico (15%)
- Korea (13%)
- Vietnam (8%)
- Germany (6%)
- Nigeria (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,615 (87%)
- Carpooled: 108 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Ferryboat: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 86 (5%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 37 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
People in group quarters in Pittsfield township, Illinois:
- 390 people in state prisons
- 77 people in nursing homes
- 31 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
97.0% of residents of Pittsfield township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (36% speak English very well, 51% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,933- In family households: 3,293 (942 male householders, 202 female householders)
894 spouses, 1,063 children (934 natural, 55 adopted, 74 stepchildren), 82 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 38 parents, 8 other relatives, 56 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 640 (195 male householders (181 living alone)), 408 female householders (391 living alone)), 37 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 491 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 624 2-persons, 198 3-persons, 217 4-persons, 65 5-persons, 30 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 572 1-person, 31 2-persons,
669 married couples with children.
137 single-parent households (26 men, 111 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 59
| Here: | 13.1% |
| 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: 39
| Here: | 25.2% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |