Burgess township, Bond County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Burgess township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
63% of Burgess township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1972
- Northeast: 26
- Midwest: 223
- South: 81
- West: 58
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $52,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 618
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 344
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,300
Housing units in Burgess township with a mortgage: 263 (19 second mortgage, 29 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 151
- Construction (18%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Paper (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Health care (11%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Burgess township:
- German (50.2%)
- United States or American (11.5%)
- English (8.0%)
- Irish (7.6%)
- French (except Basque) (4.5%)
- Italian (2.4%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 993 (80%)
- Carpooled: 163 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (1%)
- Railroad: 7 (1%)
- Ferryboat: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 23 (2%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 35 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
97.6% of residents of Burgess township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 43% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,386- In family households: 2,067 (529 male householders, 122 female householders)
534 spouses, 792 children (730 natural, 10 adopted, 52 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 9 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 319 (144 male householders (115 living alone)), 115 female householders (92 living alone)), 60 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 258 2-persons, 162 3-persons, 147 4-persons, 59 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 207 1-person, 45 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 3 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
478 married couples with children.
124 single-parent households (38 men, 86 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
| Here: | 4.8% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
| Here: | 5.8% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 11.4% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |