Wysox township, Carroll County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (55% naturalized citizens)
Wysox township: | 0.8% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
71% of Wysox township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1210
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 147
- South: 38
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $62,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
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: 577
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 20
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 9
- 10 to 19: 17
- Mobile homes: 3
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Housing units in Wysox township with a mortgage: 199 (24 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 257
- Metal and metal products (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Construction (11%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wysox township:
- German (51.1%)
- English (10.6%)
- United States or American (8.2%)
- Dutch (6.7%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- Swedish (2.5%)
- Norwegian (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (73%)
- Canada (27%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 567 (78%)
- Carpooled: 75 (10%)
- Bicycle: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 39 (5%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 43 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
98.4% of residents of Wysox township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,438- In family households: 1,249 (373 male householders, 51 female householders)
396 spouses, 402 children (373 natural, 8 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 8 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 189 (58 male householders (49 living alone)), 113 female householders (104 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 209 2-persons, 105 3-persons, 65 4-persons, 32 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 153 1-person, 18 2-persons,
291 married couples with children.
62 single-parent households (17 men, 45 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
Here: | 2.6% |
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: 4
Here: | 9.5% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |