Union township, Effingham County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
67% of Union 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, 58% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 604
- Northeast: 19
- Midwest: 29
- South: 24
- West: 6
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 187
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 70
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,500
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 35 (4 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 30
- Printing and related support activities (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Construction (8%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (19%)
- Printing and related support activities (12%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Printing workers (8%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (16%)
- Registered nurses (14%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Secondary school teachers (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (62.0%)
- United States or American (19.3%)
- Irish (3.8%)
- English (3.0%)
- Greek (2.1%)
- Norwegian (1.4%)
- Dutch (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 233 (72%)
- Carpooled: 66 (20%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 19 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (80%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
99.4% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 691- In family households: 640 (147 male householders, 56 female householders)
155 spouses, 260 children (245 natural, 9 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 5 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 51 (31 male householders (27 living alone)), 16 female householders (16 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 89 2-persons, 44 3-persons, 35 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 43 1-person, 4 2-persons,
211 married couples with children.
28 single-parent households (4 men, 24 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 67
| Here: | 42.9% |
| 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% |