Westfield township, Clark County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Westfield township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
69% of Westfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 94% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 663
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 130
- South: 36
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $25,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 318
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 1
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 51
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500
Housing units in Westfield township with a mortgage: 107 (5 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 86
- Construction (18%)
- Machinery (13%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Educational services (26%)
- Health care (15%)
- U. S. Postal service (8%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Secondary school teachers (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Westfield township:
- United States or American (27.4%)
- German (22.6%)
- English (21.0%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- European (3.4%)
- Scottish (2.0%)
- French (except Basque) (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 312 (82%)
- Carpooled: 42 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (2%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 18 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Wood (1%)
98.5% of residents of Westfield township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 862- In family households: 778 (215 male householders, 49 female householders)
221 spouses, 289 children (259 natural, 8 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 84 (21 male householders (15 living alone)), 55 female householders (52 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 121 2-persons, 53 3-persons, 60 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 67 1-person, 9 2-persons,
181 married couples with children.
35 single-parent households (7 men, 28 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% |