Paradise township, Coles County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Paradise township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
42% of Paradise township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1115
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 93
- South: 68
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $52,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 393
- Two: 10
- 10 to 19: 60
- 50 or more: 8
- Mobile homes: 203
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Paradise township with a mortgage: 120 (22 second mortgage, 33 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 118
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Construction (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (18%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (10%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Paradise township:
- German (35.2%)
- Irish (14.3%)
- United States or American (14.1%)
- English (9.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.7%)
- Swedish (3.2%)
- Scottish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 555 (79%)
- Carpooled: 70 (10%)
- Walked: 12 (2%)
- Other means: 28 (4%)
- Worked at home: 38 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (53%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- No fuel used (2%)
92.4% of residents of Paradise township speak English at home.
5.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English not well).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,298- In family households: 991 (275 male householders, 61 female householders)
280 spouses, 307 children (289 natural, 0 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 44 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 307 (85 male householders (44 living alone)), 87 female householders (54 living alone)), 135 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 136 2-persons, 101 3-persons, 63 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 8 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 98 1-person, 36 2-persons, 28 3-persons, 10 4-persons,
173 married couples with children.
45 single-parent households (11 men, 34 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |