Smithton township, St. Clair County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (44% naturalized citizens)
Smithton township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
62% of Smithton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2774
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 471
- South: 141
- West: 32
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
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
93 people in nursing homes
28 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 990
- One, attached: 5
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 28
- 10 to 19: 11
- Mobile homes: 185
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,800
Housing units in Smithton township with a mortgage: 528 (60 second mortgage, 58 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 277
- Construction (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Smithton township:
- German (52.4%)
- United States or American (13.2%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- English (5.4%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
- Italian (2.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (56%)
- Mexico (44%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,371 (84%)
- Carpooled: 103 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 13 (1%)
- Walked: 55 (3%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 69 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (55%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
93 people in nursing homes
28 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.3% of residents of Smithton township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (23% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 39% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (55% speak English very well, 45% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,311- In family households: 3,030 (826 male householders, 155 female householders)
803 spouses, 1,144 children (1,069 natural, 2 adopted, 73 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 11 other relatives, 46 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 281 (101 male householders (74 living alone)), 137 female householders (137 living alone)), 43 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 133 (95 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 407 2-persons, 220 3-persons, 225 4-persons, 85 5-persons, 39 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 211 1-person, 15 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 10 4-persons,
703 married couples with children.
125 single-parent households (46 men, 79 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 74
Here: | 17.5% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 0.8% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20
Here: | 16.4% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |