Grisham township, Montgomery County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (19% naturalized citizens)
| Grisham township: | 6.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
67% of Grisham township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3076
- Northeast: 29
- Midwest: 24
- South: 916
- West: 65
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $54,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,168
- One, attached: 22
- Two: 40
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 433
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Grisham township with a mortgage: 426 (17 second mortgage, 41 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 341
- Construction (12%)
- Chemicals (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (30%)
- Accommodation and food services (16%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grisham township:
- United States or American (34.8%)
- German (21.3%)
- Irish (11.6%)
- English (8.5%)
- Dutch (2.7%)
- French (except Basque) (1.3%)
- Italian (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (60%)
- Italy (21%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (19%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,295 (86%)
- Carpooled: 122 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 14 (1%)
- Walked: 28 (2%)
- Worked at home: 53 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Utility gas (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.3% of residents of Grisham township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 45% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,892- In family households: 3,525 (961 male householders, 219 female householders)
941 spouses, 1,247 children (1,124 natural, 14 adopted, 109 stepchildren), 53 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 14 other relatives, 65 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 367 (142 male householders (123 living alone)), 180 female householders (156 living alone)), 45 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 269 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 539 2-persons, 299 3-persons, 218 4-persons, 114 5-persons, 10 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 279 1-person, 35 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
112 married couples with children.
26 single-parent households (11 men, 15 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 31
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 4.9% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |