Princeton township, Bureau County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (49% naturalized citizens)
| Princeton township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
58% of Princeton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7304
- Northeast: 226
- Midwest: 981
- South: 346
- West: 137
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $84,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Princeton township, Illinois:
- 197 people in nursing homes
- 42 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 16 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 6 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 6 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,084
- One, attached: 74
- Two: 200
- 3 or 4: 272
- 5 to 9: 127
- 10 to 19: 84
- 20 to 49: 41
- 50 or more: 117
- Mobile homes: 225
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,900
Housing units in Princeton township with a mortgage: 1,431 (109 second mortgage, 224 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 997
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Construction (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secondary school teachers (3%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Princeton township:
- German (28.2%)
- English (13.0%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- Swedish (9.2%)
- United States or American (8.3%)
- Italian (5.0%)
- Norwegian (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (17%)
- Canada (12%)
- Germany (8%)
- Russia (8%)
- Other Eastern Europe (8%)
- Cambodia (8%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,697 (83%)
- Carpooled: 354 (8%)
- Bicycle: 36 (1%)
- Walked: 115 (3%)
- Other means: 85 (2%)
- Worked at home: 190 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (90%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
People in group quarters in Princeton township, Illinois:
- 197 people in nursing homes
- 42 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 16 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 6 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 6 people in religious group quarters
96.6% of residents of Princeton township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,933- In family households: 7,384 (2,099 male householders, 437 female householders)
2,159 spouses, 2,481 children (2,161 natural, 92 adopted, 228 stepchildren), 42 grandchildren, 30 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 28 other relatives, 93 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,549 (537 male householders (458 living alone)), 878 female householders (847 living alone)), 134 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 266 (223 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,314 2-persons, 516 3-persons, 477 4-persons, 166 5-persons, 44 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,305 1-person, 92 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
1,497 married couples with children.
437 single-parent households (94 men, 343 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 87
| Here: | 10.3% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
| Here: | 1.7% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 7.5% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |