Centralia township, Marion County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Centralia township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
59% of Centralia township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 13402
- Northeast: 174
- Midwest: 1292
- South: 1048
- West: 292
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $47,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
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
People in group quarters in Centralia township, Illinois:
- 340 people in nursing homes
- 93 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 22 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 21 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 16 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,439
- One, attached: 60
- Two: 211
- 3 or 4: 303
- 5 to 9: 119
- 10 to 19: 190
- 20 to 49: 164
- 50 or more: 7
- Mobile homes: 926
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,700
Housing units in Centralia township with a mortgage: 2,037 (179 second mortgage, 122 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,916
- Construction (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Health care (26%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Centralia township:
- German (28.5%)
- United States or American (18.7%)
- English (9.6%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- Italian (3.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (20%)
- Germany (16%)
- India (14%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Mexico (9%)
- Thailand (8%)
- Other Northern Europe (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,909 (83%)
- Carpooled: 702 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 26 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 12 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 26 (0%)
- Walked: 230 (3%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 175 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Centralia township, Illinois:
- 340 people in nursing homes
- 93 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 22 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 21 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 16 people in other nonhousehold living situations
96.1% of residents of Centralia township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (37% speak English very well, 63% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 16,041- In family households: 13,378 (3,158 male householders, 1,290 female householders)
3,110 spouses, 4,840 children (4,501 natural, 64 adopted, 275 stepchildren), 354 grandchildren, 55 brothers or sisters, 64 parents, 139 other relatives, 368 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,663 (922 male householders (752 living alone)), 1,389 female householders (1,286 living alone)), 352 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 486 (468 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,138 2-persons, 1,020 3-persons, 754 4-persons, 340 5-persons, 112 6-persons, 84 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,038 1-person, 234 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 11 6-persons,
2,284 married couples with children.
1,413 single-parent households (290 men, 1,123 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 235
| Here: | 12.1% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 49
| Here: | 5.5% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 49
| Here: | 8.6% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |