Ross township, Vermilion County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (42% naturalized citizens)
| Ross township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
63% of Ross township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1143
- Northeast: 27
- Midwest: 148
- South: 94
- West: 35
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 607
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 20
- 3 or 4: 30
- 5 to 9: 17
- 10 to 19: 12
- 20 to 49: 4
- Mobile homes: 10
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,000
Housing units in Ross township with a mortgage: 233 (18 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 211
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ross township:
- German (24.6%)
- English (19.7%)
- United States or American (16.1%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- Dutch (4.9%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
- Swedish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (58%)
- United Kingdom (25%)
- Yugoslavia (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 503 (78%)
- Carpooled: 83 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 21 (3%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 31 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
98.6% of residents of Ross township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (85% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,466- In family households: 1,218 (336 male householders, 79 female householders)
354 spouses, 408 children (386 natural, 8 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 6 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 248 (89 male householders (75 living alone)), 130 female householders (121 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 204 2-persons, 90 3-persons, 82 4-persons, 32 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 196 1-person, 16 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
247 married couples with children.
80 single-parent households (12 men, 68 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
| Here: | 10.1% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
| Here: | 11.4% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 3.6% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |