Pearl township, Pike County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (9% naturalized citizens)
| Pearl township: | 3.5% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
60% of Pearl 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, 79% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2789
- Northeast: 24
- Midwest: 104
- South: 189
- West: 42
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $50,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,027
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 16
- Mobile homes: 321
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,600
Housing units in Pearl township with a mortgage: 369 (20 second mortgage, 29 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 252
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (32%)
- Wood products (14%)
- Construction (12%)
- Rail transportation (9%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Wood products (15%)
- U. S. Postal service (15%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Personal and laundry services (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (25%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Other transportation workers (9%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Media and communication equipment workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Cashiers (15%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (15%)
- Bus drivers (13%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (11%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pearl township:
- United States or American (38.7%)
- German (20.7%)
- Irish (11.4%)
- English (10.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
- Dutch (1.5%)
- Polish (0.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (91%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,100 (79%)
- Carpooled: 209 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 29 (2%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 37 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (40%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
98.0% of residents of Pearl township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 63% speak English well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,176- In family households: 2,808 (747 male householders, 152 female householders)
782 spouses, 935 children (827 natural, 19 adopted, 89 stepchildren), 66 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 40 other relatives, 77 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 368 (173 male householders (159 living alone)), 168 female householders (156 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 450 2-persons, 156 3-persons, 181 4-persons, 66 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 27 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 315 1-person, 26 2-persons,
50 married couples with children.
20 single-parent households (4 men, 16 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: 10
| Here: | 11.6% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |