Woodside township, Sangamon County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (52% naturalized citizens)
| Woodside township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
63% of Woodside township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10016
- Northeast: 286
- Midwest: 969
- South: 545
- West: 204
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $100,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Woodside township, Illinois:
- 157 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 72 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,059
- One, attached: 36
- Two: 202
- 3 or 4: 149
- 5 to 9: 58
- 10 to 19: 22
- Mobile homes: 279
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Woodside township with a mortgage: 2,539 (248 second mortgage, 320 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,446
- Public administration (19%)
- Construction (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Public administration (19%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Child care workers (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Woodside township:
- German (27.3%)
- Irish (14.2%)
- United States or American (12.8%)
- English (11.0%)
- Italian (4.4%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
- Scottish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (10%)
- Canada (9%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
- Colombia (6%)
- Greece (6%)
- Philippines (6%)
- Netherlands (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,107 (83%)
- Carpooled: 669 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 62 (1%)
- Railroad: 9 (0%)
- Taxi: 10 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 118 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 190 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (90%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Woodside township, Illinois:
- 157 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 72 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.5% of residents of Woodside township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (36% speak English very well, 49% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 12,088- In family households: 9,446 (2,392 male householders, 959 female householders)
2,559 spouses, 3,000 children (2,790 natural, 88 adopted, 122 stepchildren), 161 grandchildren, 74 brothers or sisters, 27 parents, 95 other relatives, 179 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,642 (999 male householders (762 living alone)), 1,217 female householders (1,080 living alone)), 426 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 221 (70 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,719 2-persons, 837 3-persons, 532 4-persons, 177 5-persons, 54 6-persons, 32 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,842 1-person, 331 2-persons, 37 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
1,821 married couples with children.
708 single-parent households (158 men, 550 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 222
| Here: | 20.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 94
| Here: | 16.5% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 71
| Here: | 16.4% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |