Roodhouse township, Greene County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (35% naturalized citizens)
Roodhouse township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
58% of Roodhouse township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2215
- Northeast: 39
- Midwest: 157
- South: 88
- West: 43
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $42,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
153 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 812
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 43
- 3 or 4: 33
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 165
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,700
Housing units in Roodhouse township with a mortgage: 261 (22 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 288
- Construction (13%)
- Paper (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Food (7%)
- Printing and related support activities (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Printing and related support activities (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Food processing workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Roodhouse township:
- United States or American (29.2%)
- German (18.0%)
- English (15.9%)
- Irish (13.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
- French (except Basque) (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (35%)
- Mexico (29%)
- Austria (24%)
- Other Northern Africa (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 761 (77%)
- Carpooled: 159 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 30 (3%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 30 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (82%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Wood (2%)
153 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
95.7% of residents of Roodhouse township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (52% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,418- In family households: 2,065 (505 male householders, 142 female householders)
486 spouses, 752 children (693 natural, 18 adopted, 41 stepchildren), 56 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 42 other relatives, 66 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 353 (114 male householders (95 living alone)), 189 female householders (164 living alone)), 50 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 152 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 276 2-persons, 150 3-persons, 116 4-persons, 79 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 259 1-person, 38 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
408 married couples with children.
191 single-parent households (68 men, 123 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
Here: | 3.3% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
Here: | 3.4% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
Here: | 33.3% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |