Jasper township, Wayne County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (72% naturalized citizens)
| Jasper township: | 2.7% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
62% of Jasper township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1321
- Northeast: 35
- Midwest: 185
- South: 58
- West: 81
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
5 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 602
- Mobile homes: 132
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,300
Housing units in Jasper township with a mortgage: 189 (14 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 199
- Transportation equipment (22%)
- Construction (7%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Transportation equipment (22%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jasper township:
- United States or American (32.0%)
- German (19.1%)
- English (14.6%)
- French (except Basque) (5.2%)
- Irish (4.9%)
- Hungarian (3.3%)
- Italian (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (35%)
- India (17%)
- Honduras (13%)
- Germany (9%)
- Italy (9%)
- Malaysia (4%)
- Philippines (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 653 (80%)
- Carpooled: 109 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 19 (2%)
- Walked: 4 (0%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 33 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Wood (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
5 people in nursing homes
95.9% of residents of Jasper township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
2.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 14% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,705- In family households: 1,427 (408 male householders, 84 female householders)
437 spouses, 444 children (400 natural, 7 adopted, 37 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 7 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 278 (72 male householders (43 living alone)), 148 female householders (141 living alone)), 58 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 21 (4 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 251 2-persons, 104 3-persons, 79 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 184 1-person, 20 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
292 married couples with children.
75 single-parent households (14 men, 61 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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: 4
| Here: | 6.2% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |