Edwardsville township, Madison County, Illinois (IL)

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Edwardsville township, IL map Land area: 35.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.4 sq. mi.
Population: 33,731 (98% urban, 2% rural)

Males: 15,862	(47.0%)
Females: 17,869	(53.0%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 30,725 (23,589 owner occupied, 7,136 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	23%
State:	33%

Races in Edwardsville township:

White Non-Hispanic: 87.1%
Black: 8.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
Asian: 1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 1.1%
Two or more races: 1.2%
Some other race: 0.1%

Median age of males: 32.9
Median age of females: 33.0

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Average household size: 2.49

Edwardsville township:	2.5 people
Illinois:	2.6 people

Average family size: 3.02

Estimated median household income in 2007: $64,182 ($51,060 in 1999)

This township:	$64,182
Illinois:	$54,123

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $635 (lower quartile is $527, upper quartile is $767)

Here:	$635
State:	$669

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $177,689 (it was $109,800 in 2000)

Edwardsville township:	$177,689
Illinois:	$208,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $113,391 - $259,344

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $215,873
Here: $215,873
State: $269,211

Townhouses or other attached units: $197,397
Here: $197,397
State: $258,887

In 2-unit structures: $139,760
Here: $139,760
State: $320,810

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $130,668
Here: $130,668
State: $330,214

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $195,500
Here: $195,500
State: $275,408

Mobile homes: $23,665
Here: $23,665
State: $35,670

Population density: 949 people per square mile

(very high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	7.9%
Whole state:	10.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	3.4%
Whole state:	5.1%

Cities in this township include: Edwardsville, Glen Carbon.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Cemetery: Oaklawn Cemetery.

Reservoir: Tower Lake.

Creeks: Sugar Creek, Indian Creek.

Number of foreign born residents: 891 (44% naturalized citizens)

Edwardsville township:	2.6%
State:	12.3%

50% of Edwardsville township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Illinois.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 20966
Northeast: 818
Midwest: 7182
South: 2457
West: 1152

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $105,400

Edwardsville township, Illinois satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

People in group quarters in Edwardsville township, Illinois

2197 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
474 people in nursing homes
267 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
49 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
7 people in homes for the mentally ill

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 9,508
One, attached: 489
Two: 405
3 or 4: 853
5 to 9: 582
10 to 19: 576
20 to 49: 97
50 or more: 88
Mobile homes: 368

Median worth of mobile homes: $10,100

Housing units in Edwardsville township with a mortgage: 5,917 (501 second mortgage, 622 home equity loan, 14 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,203

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 336
1995 to 1998: 1,591
1990 to 1994: 1,626
1980 to 1989: 2,099
1970 to 1979: 1,896
1960 to 1969: 1,215
1950 to 1959: 1,275
1940 to 1949: 840
1939 or earlier: 2,088

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Edwardsville township, Illinois:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 10 3 rooms: 107 4 rooms: 888 5 rooms: 1,890 6 rooms: 1,799 7 rooms: 1,426 8 rooms: 1,300 9 or more rooms: 1,462

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Edwardsville township, Illinois:
	1 room: 7 2 rooms: 285 3 rooms: 525 4 rooms: 1,316 5 rooms: 777 6 rooms: 324 7 rooms: 141 8 rooms: 94 9 or more rooms: 10

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Edwardsville township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 193 2 bedrooms: 1,943 3 bedrooms: 4,091 4 bedrooms: 2,326 5 or more bedrooms: 329

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Edwardsville township:
	no bedroom: 21 1 bedroom: 798 2 bedrooms: 1,943 3 bedrooms: 586 4 bedrooms: 124 5 or more bedrooms: 7

Cars and other vehicles available in Edwardsville township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 247 1 vehicle: 2,276 2 vehicles: 4,514 3 vehicles: 1,380 4 vehicles: 389 5 or more vehicles: 76

Cars and other vehicles available in Edwardsville township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 283 1 vehicle: 1,684 2 vehicles: 1,266 3 vehicles: 220 4 vehicles: 5 5 or more vehicles: 21

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males:

Educational services (10%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
Construction (7%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Health care (5%)
Metal and metal products (5%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (24%)
Health care (14%)
Accommodation and food services (9%)
Finance and insurance (7%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
Social assistance (4%)
Public administration (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Computer specialists (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Top executives (4%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Registered nurses (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Waiters and waitresses (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Edwardsville township:

German (32.6%)
English (10.5%)
Irish (10.0%)
United States or American (6.7%)
Italian (4.7%)
Polish (3.4%)
French (except Basque) (2.2%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

India (18%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
Poland (6%)
Germany (5%)
Other Eastern Europe (5%)
Canada (4%)
United Kingdom (4%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 14,910 (83%)
Carpooled: 1,412 (8%)
Bus or trolley bus: 263 (1%)
Subway or elevated: 16 (0%)
Railroad: 4 (0%)
Bicycle: 24 (0%)
Walked: 727 (4%)
Other means: 137 (1%)
Worked at home: 522 (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (69%) Electricity (27%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)

People in group quarters in Edwardsville township, Illinois

2197 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
474 people in nursing homes
267 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
49 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
7 people in homes for the mentally ill

95.1% of residents of Edwardsville township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 30,779

In family households: 25,487 (6,597 male householders, 1,722 female householders)
7,028 spouses, 9,101 children (8,497 natural, 256 adopted, 348 stepchildren), 288 grandchildren, 134 brothers or sisters, 141 parents, 197 other relatives, 279 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 5,292 (1,749 male householders (1,250 living alone)), 2,303 female householders (1,812 living alone)), 1,240 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 2,980 (786 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,439 2-persons, 2,017 3-persons, 1,905 4-persons, 725 5-persons, 175 6-persons, 58 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,062 1-person, 813 2-persons, 155 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 7 5-persons.

5,877 married couples with children.
1,419 single-parent households (312 men, 1,107 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 599

Here:	17.1%
Illinois:	13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 88

Here:	5.1%
Illinois:	11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 343

Here:	7.3%
Illinois:	25.8%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Edwardsville township:

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