Ashkum township, Iroquois County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 62.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 1,535 (all rural)
| Males: 788 |  (51.3%) |
| Females: 747 |  (48.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,535 (1,168 owner occupied, 367 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 24% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Ashkum township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.2%
- Black: 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 38.2
Median age of females: 38.9
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Average household size: 2.58
| Ashkum township: | 2.6 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.00
| Ashkum township: | $47,846 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $474 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $89,777 (it was $79,400 in 2000)
| : | $89,777 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 25 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 7.8% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 4.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Ashkum.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: L'Erable Catholic Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Creek: Prairie Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
71% of Ashkum township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1338
- Northeast: 18
- Midwest: 86
- South: 36
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 556
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 17
- 3 or 4: 22
- 5 to 9: 17
- Mobile homes: 29
Housing units in Ashkum township with a mortgage: 192 (36 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 161
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Construction (12%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Health care (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Private households (3%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ashkum township:
- German (38.8%)
- French (except Basque) (17.4%)
- Irish (7.8%)
- United States or American (7.6%)
- English (7.0%)
- Italian (4.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 631 (83%)
- Carpooled: 62 (8%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 51 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (45%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
97.7% of residents of Ashkum township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (85% speak English very well, 8% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,507- In family households: 1,352 (400 male householders, 51 female householders)
366 spouses, 478 children (427 natural, 20 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 29 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 155 (69 male householders (57 living alone)), 66 female householders (62 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 225 2-persons, 90 3-persons, 73 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 119 1-person, 16 2-persons,
309 married couples with children.
69 single-parent households (29 men, 40 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
| Here: | 7.4% |
| 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: 6
| Here: | 15.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |