De Soto township, Jackson County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (29% naturalized citizens)
| De Soto township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
58% of De Soto 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, 50% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1741
- Northeast: 45
- Midwest: 214
- South: 150
- West: 47
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $51,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
5 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 655
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 27
- 3 or 4: 46
- 5 to 9: 20
- 10 to 19: 11
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 213
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,700
Housing units in De Soto township with a mortgage: 295 (30 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 153
- Educational services (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Health care (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (19%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Postsecondary teachers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in De Soto township:
- German (24.7%)
- United States or American (17.1%)
- Irish (13.9%)
- English (11.5%)
- French (except Basque) (4.0%)
- Scottish (3.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (43%)
- Mexico (38%)
- Hong Kong (10%)
- Venezuela (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 934 (83%)
- Carpooled: 133 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 9 (1%)
- Walked: 28 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 8 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (56%)
- Utility gas (29%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
5 people in nursing homes
97.2% of residents of De Soto township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,229- In family households: 1,871 (459 male householders, 162 female householders)
507 spouses, 657 children (589 natural, 14 adopted, 54 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 27 other relatives, 31 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 358 (139 male householders (110 living alone)), 158 female householders (133 living alone)), 61 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 5 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 268 2-persons, 167 3-persons, 115 4-persons, 43 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 243 1-person, 54 2-persons,
420 married couples with children.
110 single-parent households (17 men, 93 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 4.9% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 5.3% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 1.2% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |