Polk township, Macoupin County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (55% naturalized citizens)
| Polk township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
79% of Polk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 433
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 32
- South: 0
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 227
- Mobile homes: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000
Housing units in Polk township with a mortgage: 45 (0 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 55
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Health care (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (9%)
- Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (19%)
- Health care (17%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (7%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (15%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Health technologists and technicians (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Carpenters (10%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (19%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (13%)
- Mathematical science occupations (7%)
- Librarians, curators, and archivists (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Customer service representatives (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Polk township:
- German (54.1%)
- Irish (13.5%)
- English (6.3%)
- United States or American (5.3%)
- Scottish (3.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
- Norwegian (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (55%)
- Germany (45%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 204 (86%)
- Carpooled: 14 (6%)
- Worked at home: 20 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (69%)
- Wood (12%)
- Utility gas (9%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Other fuel (3%)
95.9% of residents of Polk township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 476- In family households: 441 (137 male householders, 13 female householders)
164 spouses, 115 children (98 natural, 0 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 35 (26 male householders (18 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 80 2-persons, 38 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 14 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 18 1-person, 8 2-persons,
87 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (5 men, 3 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 undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 35.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |