Salem township, Marion County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (27% naturalized citizens)
| Salem township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
56% of Salem 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, 72% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7884
- Northeast: 35
- Midwest: 1055
- South: 693
- West: 140
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $34,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Salem township, Illinois:
- 187 people in nursing homes
- 113 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 33 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 32 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 17 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,125
- One, attached: 38
- Two: 175
- 3 or 4: 181
- 5 to 9: 48
- 10 to 19: 53
- 20 to 49: 69
- 50 or more: 43
- Mobile homes: 464
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,400
Housing units in Salem township with a mortgage: 1,451 (126 second mortgage, 147 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 884
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Printing and related support activities (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Construction (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Salem township:
- German (24.3%)
- United States or American (20.7%)
- English (13.7%)
- Irish (12.5%)
- Italian (3.0%)
- Polish (2.3%)
- Scottish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (24%)
- Russia (18%)
- Thailand (18%)
- India (13%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
- Mexico (7%)
- Canada (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,754 (85%)
- Carpooled: 413 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 11 (0%)
- Walked: 109 (2%)
- Other means: 12 (0%)
- Worked at home: 118 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Salem township, Illinois:
- 187 people in nursing homes
- 113 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 33 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 32 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 17 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.0% of residents of Salem township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (44% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (29% speak English very well, 47% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,481- In family households: 8,106 (2,127 male householders, 568 female householders)
2,149 spouses, 2,732 children (2,426 natural, 45 adopted, 261 stepchildren), 178 grandchildren, 69 brothers or sisters, 66 parents, 33 other relatives, 184 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,375 (415 male householders (346 living alone)), 815 female householders (778 living alone)), 145 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 399 (377 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,246 2-persons, 580 3-persons, 514 4-persons, 251 5-persons, 68 6-persons, 36 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,124 1-person, 77 2-persons, 23 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
1,527 married couples with children.
666 single-parent households (155 men, 511 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 72
| Here: | 6.3% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 1.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
| Here: | 5.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |