Ricks township, Christian County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (78% naturalized citizens)
| Ricks township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
69% of Ricks township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1119
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 58
- South: 39
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $42,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 478
- One, attached: 1
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 9
- 10 to 19: 17
- Mobile homes: 40
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,200
Housing units in Ricks township with a mortgage: 165 (13 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 178
- Construction (14%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Public administration (14%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Health care (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ricks township:
- German (25.7%)
- Irish (20.3%)
- United States or American (19.1%)
- English (13.8%)
- Italian (7.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
- Dutch (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (33%)
- United Kingdom (22%)
- Costa Rica (22%)
- Honduras (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 452 (78%)
- Carpooled: 87 (15%)
- Bicycle: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 29 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Electricity (10%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
97.8% of residents of Ricks township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,256- In family households: 1,115 (314 male householders, 50 female householders)
316 spouses, 393 children (354 natural, 9 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 141 (44 male householders (41 living alone)), 85 female householders (75 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 169 2-persons, 71 3-persons, 80 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 116 1-person, 13 2-persons,
252 married couples with children.
48 single-parent households (11 men, 37 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 30
| Here: | 18.6% |
| 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: 16
| Here: | 30.8% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |