Blairsville township, Williamson County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Blairsville township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
65% of Blairsville township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4420
- Northeast: 68
- Midwest: 350
- South: 310
- West: 160
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
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
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,744
- One, attached: 28
- Two: 123
- 3 or 4: 36
- 10 to 19: 15
- Mobile homes: 568
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,200
Housing units in Blairsville township with a mortgage: 630 (37 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 641
- Construction (16%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Blairsville township:
- United States or American (19.0%)
- Irish (14.1%)
- German (13.0%)
- English (12.5%)
- Italian (5.2%)
- French (except Basque) (4.7%)
- Dutch (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (20%)
- Pakistan (15%)
- Cuba (13%)
- Philippines (11%)
- Mexico (11%)
- Honduras (9%)
- Germany (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,020 (86%)
- Carpooled: 162 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 79 (3%)
- Other means: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 58 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (50%)
- Electricity (41%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.0% of residents of Blairsville township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,377- In family households: 4,503 (1,212 male householders, 345 female householders)
1,176 spouses, 1,424 children (1,341 natural, 41 adopted, 42 stepchildren), 134 grandchildren, 39 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 59 other relatives, 93 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 874 (317 male householders (271 living alone)), 479 female householders (441 living alone)), 78 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 731 2-persons, 410 3-persons, 301 4-persons, 81 5-persons, 33 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 712 1-person, 81 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
881 married couples with children.
307 single-parent households (71 men, 236 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 36
| Here: | 7.2% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 22
| Here: | 6.4% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |