Shoal Creek township, Bond County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Shoal Creek township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
66% of Shoal Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1542
- Northeast: 23
- Midwest: 252
- South: 99
- West: 51
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $20,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 634
- Two: 7
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 197
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,600
Housing units in Shoal Creek township with a mortgage: 148 (4 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 131
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Construction (11%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shoal Creek township:
- German (32.4%)
- English (13.5%)
- United States or American (11.9%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- French (except Basque) (3.6%)
- Italian (3.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (43%)
- Germany (29%)
- Canada (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 691 (76%)
- Carpooled: 136 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 15 (2%)
- Walked: 4 (0%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 64 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (41%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (5%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.4% of residents of Shoal Creek township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 38% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,976- In family households: 1,754 (482 male householders, 87 female householders)
500 spouses, 558 children (506 natural, 12 adopted, 40 stepchildren), 47 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 20 other relatives, 56 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 222 (98 male householders (77 living alone)), 77 female householders (75 living alone)), 47 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 222 2-persons, 151 3-persons, 128 4-persons, 52 5-persons, 16 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 152 1-person, 11 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
351 married couples with children.
74 single-parent households (32 men, 42 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 1.2% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.9% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 25
| Here: | 41.7% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |