Shipman township, Macoupin County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Shipman township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
65% of Shipman township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% 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: 1359
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 103
- South: 56
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 479
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 3
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 112
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,500
Housing units in Shipman township with a mortgage: 153 (13 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 146
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Construction (16%)
- Metal and metal products (14%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Petroleum and coal products (3%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Retail florists (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shipman township:
- German (34.4%)
- English (20.1%)
- United States or American (19.4%)
- Irish (11.8%)
- Italian (2.1%)
- Scottish (1.9%)
- Dutch (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 546 (83%)
- Carpooled: 53 (8%)
- Walked: 25 (4%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 32 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
99.1% of residents of Shipman township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,562- In family households: 1,404 (395 male householders, 39 female householders)
403 spouses, 529 children (487 natural, 17 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 9 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 158 (61 male householders (52 living alone)), 73 female householders (70 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 175 2-persons, 93 3-persons, 101 4-persons, 42 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 122 1-person, 6 2-persons, 6 4-persons,
326 married couples with children.
53 single-parent households (16 men, 37 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 3.6% |
| 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: 6
| Here: | 15.4% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |