Stookey township, St. Clair County, Illinois (IL)

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Land area: 27.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 10,185 (80% urban, 20% rural)

Males: 4,844	(47.6%)
Females: 5,341	(52.4%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 10,101 (8,398 owner occupied, 1,703 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	17%
State:	33%

Races in Stookey township:

White Non-Hispanic: 89.3%
Black: 8.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
Asian: 0.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino: 1.0%
Two or more races: 0.8%

Median age of males: 41.1
Median age of females: 42.3

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Average household size: 2.43

Stookey township:	2.4 people
Illinois:	2.6 people

Average family size: 2.94

Estimated median household income in 2007: $62,782 ($52,930 in 1999)

This township:	$62,782
Illinois:	$54,123

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $558 (lower quartile is $421, upper quartile is $876)

Here:	$558
State:	$669

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $149,080 (it was $90,300 in 2000)

Stookey township:	$149,080
Illinois:	$208,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $99,519 - $223,543

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $203,967
Here: $203,967
State: $269,211

Townhouses or other attached units: $113,083
Here: $113,083
State: $258,887

In 2-unit structures: $90,374
Here: $90,374
State: $320,810

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $59,233
Here: $59,233
State: $330,214

Mobile homes: $29,688
Here: $29,688
State: $35,670

Population density: 366 people per square mile

(high).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	5.3%
Whole state:	10.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	1.6%
Whole state:	5.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 206 (62% naturalized citizens)

Stookey township:	2.0%
State:	12.3%

69% of Stookey township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 81% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Illinois.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 6559
Northeast: 258
Midwest: 1976
South: 636
West: 263

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $67,000

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.1% of all households

77 people in nursing homes
7 people in religious group quarters

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 3,290
One, attached: 74
Two: 53
3 or 4: 234
5 to 9: 94
10 to 19: 143
20 to 49: 48
50 or more: 213
Mobile homes: 153

Median worth of mobile homes: $29,400

Housing units in Stookey township with a mortgage: 1,930 (188 second mortgage, 313 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 991

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 46
1995 to 1998: 164
1990 to 1994: 169
1980 to 1989: 645
1970 to 1979: 877
1960 to 1969: 965
1950 to 1959: 905
1940 to 1949: 233
1939 or earlier: 298

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Stookey township, Illinois:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 10 3 rooms: 8 4 rooms: 191 5 rooms: 727 6 rooms: 816 7 rooms: 574 8 rooms: 391 9 or more rooms: 504

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Stookey township, Illinois:
	1 room: 40 2 rooms: 101 3 rooms: 207 4 rooms: 286 5 rooms: 89 6 rooms: 64 7 rooms: 51 8 rooms: 24 9 or more rooms: 7

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Stookey township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 17 2 bedrooms: 600 3 bedrooms: 1,859 4 bedrooms: 598 5 or more bedrooms: 147

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Stookey township:
	no bedroom: 40 1 bedroom: 299 2 bedrooms: 383 3 bedrooms: 111 4 bedrooms: 29 5 or more bedrooms: 7

Cars and other vehicles available in Stookey township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 59 1 vehicle: 779 2 vehicles: 1,456 3 vehicles: 721 4 vehicles: 150 5 or more vehicles: 56

Cars and other vehicles available in Stookey township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 167 1 vehicle: 440 2 vehicles: 177 3 vehicles: 69 4 vehicles: 9 5 or more vehicles: 7

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (10%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
Health care (7%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Public administration (5%)
Educational services (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (16%)
Health care (15%)
Finance and insurance (12%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
Social assistance (4%)
Public administration (4%)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Top executives (4%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Stookey township:

German (34.5%)
Irish (10.9%)
English (9.2%)
United States or American (8.5%)
French (except Basque) (5.8%)
Polish (3.5%)
Italian (3.5%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Germany (16%)
Brazil (14%)
United Kingdom (14%)
Pakistan (12%)
Poland (9%)
Russia (8%)
India (7%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 4,382 (86%)
Carpooled: 509 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 16 (0%)
Bicycle: 6 (0%)
Walked: 5 (0%)
Other means: 49 (1%)
Worked at home: 152 (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (65%) Electricity (24%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%) Other fuel (1%)

77 people in nursing homes
7 people in religious group quarters

95.3% of residents of Stookey township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (29% speak English very well, 71% speak English well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 9,925

In family households: 8,438 (2,251 male householders, 514 female householders)
2,336 spouses, 2,962 children (2,662 natural, 111 adopted, 189 stepchildren), 109 grandchildren, 32 brothers or sisters, 51 parents, 79 other relatives, 104 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,487 (537 male householders (428 living alone)), 749 female householders (679 living alone)), 201 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 82 (76 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,229 2-persons, 697 3-persons, 501 4-persons, 213 5-persons, 107 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 1,107 1-person, 159 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 8 4-persons.

1,720 married couples with children.
430 single-parent households (86 men, 344 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 289

Here:	25.9%
Illinois:	13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 97

Here:	16.3%
Illinois:	11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 50

Here:	9.9%
Illinois:	25.8%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Stookey township:

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