Rushville township, Schuyler County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (32% naturalized citizens)
| Rushville township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
60% of Rushville township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2380
- Northeast: 23
- Midwest: 192
- South: 48
- West: 55
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Rushville township, Illinois:
- 81 people in nursing homes
- 18 people in other group homes
- 6 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 829
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 42
- 3 or 4: 125
- 5 to 9: 21
- 20 to 49: 7
- Mobile homes: 204
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,600
Housing units in Rushville township with a mortgage: 336 (29 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 277
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Food (8%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Health care (26%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Food (9%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rushville township:
- United States or American (34.2%)
- German (24.1%)
- English (10.4%)
- Irish (10.0%)
- Dutch (4.7%)
- Scottish (3.4%)
- French (except Basque) (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (41%)
- Korea (32%)
- Mexico (27%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,035 (78%)
- Carpooled: 203 (15%)
- Bicycle: 10 (1%)
- Walked: 45 (3%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 23 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (70%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Rushville township, Illinois:
- 81 people in nursing homes
- 18 people in other group homes
- 6 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
99.0% of residents of Rushville township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (41% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 37% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,624- In family households: 2,220 (614 male householders, 125 female householders)
654 spouses, 713 children (644 natural, 28 adopted, 41 stepchildren), 45 grandchildren, 35 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 11 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 404 (162 male householders (137 living alone)), 201 female householders (188 living alone)), 41 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 103 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 378 2-persons, 115 3-persons, 148 4-persons, 71 5-persons, 27 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 325 1-person, 34 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
472 married couples with children.
124 single-parent households (23 men, 101 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): 10
| Here: | 6.1% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18
| Here: | 43.9% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |