Ursa township, Adams County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Ursa township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
66% of Ursa township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1012
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 105
- South: 20
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $81,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 489
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 7
- 10 to 19: 10
- 50 or more: 3
- Mobile homes: 50
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,000
Housing units in Ursa township with a mortgage: 126 (7 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 106
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Construction (11%)
- Health care (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ursa township:
- German (60.1%)
- United States or American (14.4%)
- Irish (4.7%)
- English (4.2%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
- Italian (2.6%)
- Dutch (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 478 (85%)
- Carpooled: 29 (5%)
- Walked: 22 (4%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 31 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (60%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
97.5% of residents of Ursa township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,154- In family households: 1,011 (287 male householders, 36 female householders)
292 spouses, 379 children (344 natural, 6 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 2 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 143 (54 male householders (52 living alone)), 73 female householders (63 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 148 2-persons, 54 3-persons, 71 4-persons, 34 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 115 1-person, 10 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
246 married couples with children.
30 single-parent households (9 men, 21 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 47
| Here: | 29.4% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
| Here: | 1.5% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |