Elsah township, Jersey County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (27% naturalized citizens)
| Elsah township: | 4.0% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
44% of Elsah township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 25% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 44% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1378
- Northeast: 129
- Midwest: 434
- South: 206
- West: 168
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $48,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
494 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
10 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 762
- One, attached: 22
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 29
- 5 to 9: 21
- 10 to 19: 4
- Mobile homes: 114
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,700
Housing units in Elsah township with a mortgage: 238 (13 second mortgage, 31 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 159
- Educational services (20%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Construction (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Educational services (36%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Public administration (2%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Postsecondary teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elsah township:
- German (35.2%)
- English (10.5%)
- United States or American (10.5%)
- Irish (10.1%)
- Scottish (3.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Ghana (15%)
- Nigeria (15%)
- India (9%)
- Other Eastern Africa (9%)
- Germany (7%)
- Other Caribbean (6%)
- Guatemala (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 783 (60%)
- Carpooled: 82 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (1%)
- Bicycle: 28 (2%)
- Walked: 302 (23%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 87 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (44%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
494 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
10 people in nursing homes
95.3% of residents of Elsah township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,936- In family households: 1,689 (454 male householders, 98 female householders)
488 spouses, 607 children (487 natural, 9 adopted, 111 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 7 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 247 (125 male householders (94 living alone)), 84 female householders (74 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 493 (14 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 236 2-persons, 126 3-persons, 122 4-persons, 54 5-persons, 14 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 168 1-person, 37 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
398 married couples with children.
84 single-parent households (20 men, 64 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 55
| Here: | 25.6% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
| Here: | 11.9% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 431
| Here: | 82.6% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |