Shiloh township, Jefferson County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (72% naturalized citizens)
| Shiloh township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
56% of Shiloh township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4887
- Northeast: 65
- Midwest: 819
- South: 349
- West: 143
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $88,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Shiloh township, Illinois:
- 121 people in nursing homes
- 19 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,964
- One, attached: 37
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 149
- 5 to 9: 197
- 10 to 19: 274
- 20 to 49: 161
- 50 or more: 49
- Mobile homes: 147
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,800
Housing units in Shiloh township with a mortgage: 969 (75 second mortgage, 147 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 511
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Construction (6%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shiloh township:
- German (25.2%)
- United States or American (19.5%)
- English (15.3%)
- Irish (11.0%)
- Polish (2.7%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Thailand (19%)
- Canada (18%)
- Pakistan (17%)
- Russia (13%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Cuba (9%)
- Italy (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,673 (89%)
- Carpooled: 181 (6%)
- Taxi: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 51 (2%)
- Other means: 9 (0%)
- Worked at home: 84 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (45%)
- Utility gas (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Shiloh township, Illinois:
- 121 people in nursing homes
- 19 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.7% of residents of Shiloh township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,219- In family households: 5,001 (1,419 male householders, 329 female householders)
1,450 spouses, 1,615 children (1,465 natural, 58 adopted, 92 stepchildren), 45 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 19 parents, 47 other relatives, 70 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,218 (356 male householders (287 living alone)), 712 female householders (697 living alone)), 150 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 145 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 885 2-persons, 380 3-persons, 304 4-persons, 131 5-persons, 31 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 984 1-person, 63 2-persons, 11 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
1,030 married couples with children.
342 single-parent households (59 men, 283 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26
| Here: | 3.9% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 2.2% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 26
| Here: | 10.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |