Wood River township, Madison County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (71% naturalized citizens)
| Wood River township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
61% of Wood River township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% 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: 25936
- Northeast: 255
- Midwest: 4310
- South: 1912
- West: 539
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $66,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Wood River township, Illinois:
- 99 people in nursing homes
- 32 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 11,619
- One, attached: 228
- Two: 596
- 3 or 4: 665
- 5 to 9: 364
- 10 to 19: 152
- 20 to 49: 134
- 50 or more: 277
- Mobile homes: 453
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,000
Housing units in Wood River township with a mortgage: 5,111 (281 second mortgage, 443 home equity loan, 16 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,018
- Metal and metal products (14%)
- Construction (10%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wood River township:
- German (27.0%)
- United States or American (18.9%)
- English (11.8%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- Italian (4.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
- Dutch (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (34%)
- Vietnam (22%)
- Haiti (10%)
- Mexico (8%)
- Canada (5%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
- Japan (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 12,613 (86%)
- Carpooled: 1,395 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 95 (1%)
- Ferryboat: 17 (0%)
- Taxi: 3 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 12 (0%)
- Bicycle: 24 (0%)
- Walked: 187 (1%)
- Other means: 71 (0%)
- Worked at home: 290 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (82%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Wood River township, Illinois:
- 99 people in nursing homes
- 32 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in other nonhousehold living situations
97.7% of residents of Wood River township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (26% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 31% speak English not well, 28% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 33,106- In family households: 27,836 (6,989 male householders, 2,300 female householders)
7,299 spouses, 9,599 children (8,772 natural, 214 adopted, 613 stepchildren), 528 grandchildren, 125 brothers or sisters, 98 parents, 337 other relatives, 561 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 5,270 (1,875 male householders (1,551 living alone)), 2,619 female householders (2,385 living alone)), 776 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 138 (94 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,144 2-persons, 2,215 3-persons, 1,892 4-persons, 754 5-persons, 177 6-persons, 107 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,936 1-person, 424 2-persons, 77 3-persons, 43 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
5,268 married couples with children.
2,212 single-parent households (510 men, 1,702 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 384
| Here: | 10.4% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 105
| Here: | 6.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 213
| Here: | 14.7% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |