Pleasant Mound township, Bond County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (35% naturalized citizens)
| Pleasant Mound township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
72% of Pleasant Mound township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1019
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 178
- South: 104
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $13,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 421
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 106
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $43,100
Housing units in Pleasant Mound township with a mortgage: 108 (3 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 110
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Apparel (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pleasant Mound township:
- German (27.6%)
- Irish (16.7%)
- United States or American (14.1%)
- English (5.7%)
- Polish (3.1%)
- Swiss (2.7%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (65%)
- France (15%)
- Canada (12%)
- Honduras (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 446 (84%)
- Carpooled: 56 (11%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (58%)
- Utility gas (23%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (4%)
95.3% of residents of Pleasant Mound township speak English at home.
3.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (21% speak English very well, 68% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 17% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,347- In family households: 1,234 (288 male householders, 60 female householders)
314 spouses, 482 children (458 natural, 6 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 33 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 16 other relatives, 36 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 113 (50 male householders (42 living alone)), 44 female householders (39 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 127 2-persons, 60 3-persons, 70 4-persons, 68 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 81 1-person, 12 2-persons, 1 3-persons,
245 married couples with children.
54 single-parent households (17 men, 37 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 5.2% |
| 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: 13
| Here: | 26.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |