Springfield township, Sangamon County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Springfield township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
58% of Springfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5771
- Northeast: 48
- Midwest: 431
- South: 284
- West: 133
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $59,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
9 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,137
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 114
- 3 or 4: 40
- 5 to 9: 24
- 10 to 19: 10
- 20 to 49: 33
- Mobile homes: 891
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,500
Housing units in Springfield township with a mortgage: 821 (69 second mortgage, 82 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 551
- Construction (23%)
- Public administration (13%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Health care (24%)
- Public administration (17%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Springfield township:
- German (21.1%)
- United States or American (14.8%)
- Irish (13.2%)
- English (12.8%)
- Italian (5.2%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (40%)
- Ecuador (30%)
- Other Eastern Europe (11%)
- Germany (5%)
- Canada (5%)
- Mexico (4%)
- United Kingdom (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,560 (81%)
- Carpooled: 375 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 36 (1%)
- Railroad: 20 (1%)
- Taxi: 14 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 41 (1%)
- Other means: 35 (1%)
- Worked at home: 61 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (87%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
9 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
96.0% of residents of Springfield township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,791- In family households: 5,407 (1,370 male householders, 477 female householders)
1,302 spouses, 1,795 children (1,635 natural, 58 adopted, 102 stepchildren), 153 grandchildren, 50 brothers or sisters, 29 parents, 49 other relatives, 182 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,384 (519 male householders (404 living alone)), 626 female householders (553 living alone)), 239 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 900 2-persons, 433 3-persons, 319 4-persons, 143 5-persons, 52 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 957 1-person, 167 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 15 4-persons,
849 married couples with children.
593 single-parent households (140 men, 453 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 98
| Here: | 14.6% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 22
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 25
| Here: | 10.7% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |