Goshen township, Stark County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Goshen township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
76% of Goshen township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 99% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 653
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 105
- South: 19
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 303
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 4
- 5 to 9: 12
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,300
Housing units in Goshen township with a mortgage: 112 (15 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 93
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (24%)
- Machinery (16%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Construction (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Warehousing and storage (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Goshen township:
- English (23.0%)
- German (17.3%)
- Swedish (10.4%)
- United States or American (10.4%)
- Irish (6.6%)
- Belgian (4.2%)
- Italian (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (33%)
- Italy (33%)
- Korea (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 270 (78%)
- Carpooled: 31 (9%)
- Walked: 11 (3%)
- Worked at home: 36 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Electricity (11%)
97.8% of residents of Goshen township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 803- In family households: 722 (197 male householders, 39 female householders)
212 spouses, 234 children (228 natural, 0 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 81 (32 male householders (19 living alone)), 29 female householders (26 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 116 2-persons, 37 3-persons, 42 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 45 1-person, 11 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
155 married couples with children.
22 single-parent households (11 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 7.7% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 4.9% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 46.2% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |