Pleasant Vale township, Pike County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Pleasant Vale township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
76% of Pleasant Vale township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% 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: 447
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 154
- South: 15
- West: 21
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $50,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 242
- Two: 13
- Mobile homes: 56
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,000
Housing units in Pleasant Vale township with a mortgage: 76 (8 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 66
- Construction (21%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (16%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pleasant Vale township:
- German (32.8%)
- United States or American (26.0%)
- English (16.4%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
- Polish (2.2%)
- Scottish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Western Europe (40%)
- Canada (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 221 (80%)
- Carpooled: 37 (13%)
- Walked: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 17 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (70%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (4%)
98.4% of residents of Pleasant Vale township speak English at home.
0.8% 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 (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 650- In family households: 580 (162 male householders, 33 female householders)
170 spouses, 190 children (179 natural, 2 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 0 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 70 (31 male householders (26 living alone)), 33 female householders (33 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 97 2-persons, 37 3-persons, 34 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 8 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 59 1-person, 5 2-persons,
116 married couples with children.
35 single-parent households (13 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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: 3
| Here: | 20.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |