Ramsey township, Fayette County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Ramsey township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
65% of Ramsey township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1676
- Northeast: 25
- Midwest: 98
- South: 79
- West: 66
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 528
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 12
- 10 to 19: 5
- Mobile homes: 262
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,200
Housing units in Ramsey township with a mortgage: 156 (15 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 177
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Construction (9%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ramsey township:
- German (34.8%)
- United States or American (20.4%)
- English (18.6%)
- Irish (8.4%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Western Europe (43%)
- Korea (29%)
- Dominican Republic (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 616 (75%)
- Carpooled: 130 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 18 (2%)
- Worked at home: 49 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (45%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
99.2% of residents of Ramsey township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,953- In family households: 1,734 (480 male householders, 86 female householders)
426 spouses, 600 children (526 natural, 16 adopted, 58 stepchildren), 50 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 9 other relatives, 57 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 219 (84 male householders (69 living alone)), 117 female householders (113 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 246 2-persons, 134 3-persons, 110 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 182 1-person, 18 2-persons, 1 3-persons,
369 married couples with children.
89 single-parent households (31 men, 58 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 6.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
| Here: | 30.2% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |