Bowdre township, Douglas County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Bowdre township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
76% of Bowdre township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 582
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 58
- South: 36
- West: 3
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
17 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 248
- One, attached: 6
- Mobile homes: 39
Median worth of mobile homes: $51,800
Housing units in Bowdre township with a mortgage: 78 (4 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 74
- Truck transportation (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Construction (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Rail transportation (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Health care (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (17%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (16%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Top executives (7%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bowdre township:
- German (31.5%)
- English (16.9%)
- Irish (15.2%)
- United States or American (8.8%)
- French (except Basque) (4.4%)
- Dutch (3.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (67%)
- Yugoslavia (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 216 (66%)
- Carpooled: 54 (16%)
- Walked: 24 (7%)
- Worked at home: 34 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
17 people in other group homes
96.7% of residents of Bowdre township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 683- In family households: 602 (177 male householders, 23 female householders)
163 spouses, 199 children (193 natural, 2 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 5 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 81 (26 male householders (19 living alone)), 42 female householders (37 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 17 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 93 2-persons, 43 3-persons, 40 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 14 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 56 1-person, 12 2-persons,
142 married couples with children.
32 single-parent households (18 men, 14 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 8.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 27.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |