Hillsboro township, Montgomery County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (43% naturalized citizens)
Hillsboro township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
63% of Hillsboro township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4686
- Northeast: 19
- Midwest: 377
- South: 278
- West: 97
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Hillsboro township, Illinois:
- 154 people in nursing homes
- 23 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 14 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,901
- One, attached: 22
- Two: 99
- 3 or 4: 161
- 5 to 9: 57
- 10 to 19: 16
- 20 to 49: 24
- Mobile homes: 120
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Hillsboro township with a mortgage: 720 (44 second mortgage, 39 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 589
- Public administration (14%)
- Construction (9%)
- Utilities (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hillsboro township:
- German (30.2%)
- United States or American (14.5%)
- English (13.0%)
- Irish (10.7%)
- Italian (6.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
- Dutch (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (35%)
- Germany (20%)
- United Kingdom (18%)
- Austria (16%)
- Canada (6%)
- Poland (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,004 (85%)
- Carpooled: 281 (12%)
- Walked: 30 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 52 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (78%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Hillsboro township, Illinois:
- 154 people in nursing homes
- 23 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 14 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
97.1% of residents of Hillsboro township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,325- In family households: 4,488 (1,196 male householders, 312 female householders)
1,121 spouses, 1,621 children (1,510 natural, 17 adopted, 94 stepchildren), 72 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 23 other relatives, 115 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 837 (264 male householders (188 living alone)), 458 female householders (439 living alone)), 115 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 193 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 685 2-persons, 367 3-persons, 269 4-persons, 136 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 26 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 627 1-person, 82 2-persons, 13 4-persons,
923 married couples with children.
360 single-parent households (91 men, 269 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
Here: | 2.8% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
Here: | 2.7% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |