Buckeye township, Stephenson County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (82% naturalized citizens)
| Buckeye township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
75% of Buckeye township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% 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: 1189
- Northeast: 21
- Midwest: 231
- South: 17
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 581
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 14
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000
Housing units in Buckeye township with a mortgage: 198 (6 second mortgage, 38 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 173
- Construction (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Finance and insurance (15%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Construction (3%)
- Food (3%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Buckeye township:
- German (60.4%)
- English (8.9%)
- United States or American (7.6%)
- Irish (3.9%)
- Swiss (3.5%)
- Polish (2.9%)
- Dutch (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (59%)
- Philippines (41%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 601 (81%)
- Carpooled: 63 (8%)
- Walked: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 76 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (53%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
97.4% of residents of Buckeye township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 41% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,489- In family households: 1,372 (442 male householders, 42 female householders)
416 spouses, 434 children (411 natural, 0 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 9 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 117 (38 male householders (30 living alone)), 62 female householders (59 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 236 2-persons, 112 3-persons, 79 4-persons, 53 5-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 89 1-person, 10 2-persons, 1 4-persons,
244 married couples with children.
31 single-parent households (19 men, 12 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 23
| Here: | 11.3% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |