Union township, Cumberland County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (69% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
59% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 93% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 566
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 78
- South: 39
- West: 22
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 230
- Two: 8
- Mobile homes: 80
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,300
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 63 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 17
- Machinery (17%)
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (3%)
- Health care (22%)
- Computer and electronic products (12%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Paper (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (18%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (12%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (21.6%)
- English (15.8%)
- United States or American (14.6%)
- Irish (7.2%)
- Dutch (4.9%)
- Italian (4.4%)
- Hungarian (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (69%)
- Austria (31%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 276 (83%)
- Carpooled: 35 (11%)
- Walked: 6 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (2%)
- Worked at home: 7 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (78%)
- Wood (9%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Electricity (5%)
98.6% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 721- In family households: 669 (184 male householders, 25 female householders)
199 spouses, 234 children (234 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 52 (35 male householders (35 living alone)), 12 female householders (6 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 95 2-persons, 44 3-persons, 45 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 41 1-person, 6 2-persons,
148 married couples with children.
32 single-parent households (6 men, 26 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |