Greene township, Mercer County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Greene township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
68% of Greene township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1374
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 224
- South: 49
- West: 26
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 619
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 12
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 27
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Greene township with a mortgage: 276 (13 second mortgage, 34 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 156
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Construction (11%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Greene township:
- German (21.0%)
- United States or American (14.8%)
- Irish (14.4%)
- Swedish (14.2%)
- English (12.8%)
- Belgian (3.6%)
- French (except Basque) (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Europe (33%)
- Guatemala (33%)
- Germany (17%)
- Indonesia (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 631 (80%)
- Carpooled: 98 (12%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 13 (2%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 36 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
95.8% of residents of Greene township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (32% speak English very well, 68% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,692- In family households: 1,530 (404 male householders, 79 female householders)
450 spouses, 532 children (462 natural, 18 adopted, 52 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 17 other relatives, 28 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 162 (61 male householders (45 living alone)), 76 female householders (73 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 230 2-persons, 83 3-persons, 105 4-persons, 52 5-persons, 13 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 118 1-person, 11 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
346 married couples with children.
47 single-parent households (16 men, 31 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 1.3% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
| Here: | 23.9% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |