South Rock Island township, Rock Island County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (73% naturalized citizens)
| South Rock Island township: | 2.7% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
63% of South Rock Island 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, 35% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 12411
- Northeast: 268
- Midwest: 4548
- South: 797
- West: 387
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,700
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: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in South Rock Island township, Illinois:
- 412 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 276 people in nursing homes
- 68 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 28 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 28 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 15 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 11 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 8 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 6,942
- One, attached: 155
- Two: 247
- 3 or 4: 222
- 5 to 9: 279
- 10 to 19: 354
- 20 to 49: 183
- 50 or more: 433
- Mobile homes: 63
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in South Rock Island township with a mortgage: 3,378 (220 second mortgage, 319 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,609
- Educational services (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Rock Island township:
- German (26.0%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- United States or American (8.3%)
- English (8.3%)
- Swedish (6.9%)
- Belgian (4.0%)
- Italian (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (19%)
- Canada (12%)
- Korea (12%)
- Poland (9%)
- Germany (8%)
- Philippines (4%)
- Italy (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,639 (86%)
- Carpooled: 636 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 156 (2%)
- Railroad: 9 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (0%)
- Bicycle: 22 (0%)
- Walked: 265 (3%)
- Other means: 44 (0%)
- Worked at home: 142 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (89%)
- Electricity (10%)
People in group quarters in South Rock Island township, Illinois:
- 412 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 276 people in nursing homes
- 68 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 28 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 28 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 15 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 11 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 8 people in religious group quarters
95.3% of residents of South Rock Island township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 18,163- In family households: 14,260 (3,975 male householders, 1,042 female householders)
4,061 spouses, 4,403 children (4,079 natural, 104 adopted, 220 stepchildren), 210 grandchildren, 92 brothers or sisters, 112 parents, 121 other relatives, 244 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,903 (1,305 male householders (1,092 living alone)), 2,191 female householders (2,016 living alone)), 407 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 823 (304 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,618 2-persons, 1,093 3-persons, 866 4-persons, 345 5-persons, 87 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,108 1-person, 345 2-persons, 43 3-persons,
2,335 married couples with children.
1,006 single-parent households (202 men, 804 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 391
| Here: | 23.2% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 145
| Here: | 15.1% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 619
| Here: | 49.1% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |