Stronghurst township, Henderson County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Stronghurst township: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
65% of Stronghurst township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 32% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 528
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 560
- South: 42
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $29,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
56 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 395
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 14
- 5 to 9: 12
- Mobile homes: 37
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,500
Housing units in Stronghurst township with a mortgage: 144 (16 second mortgage, 1 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 110
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Construction (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Rail transportation (5%)
- Health care (23%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Stronghurst township:
- German (26.9%)
- United States or American (20.0%)
- Irish (13.5%)
- Swedish (10.2%)
- English (9.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.7%)
- Dutch (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Sweden (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 438 (78%)
- Carpooled: 58 (10%)
- Walked: 31 (6%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 31 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
56 people in nursing homes
97.3% of residents of Stronghurst township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,108- In family households: 931 (242 male householders, 58 female householders)
245 spouses, 337 children (301 natural, 14 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 5 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 177 (71 male householders (52 living alone)), 75 female householders (70 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 56 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 134 2-persons, 59 3-persons, 66 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 122 1-person, 18 2-persons, 6 4-persons,
224 married couples with children.
54 single-parent households (17 men, 37 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
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: 10
Here: | 25.6% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |