Barnett township, De Witt County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 37.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 478 (all rural)
| Males: 226 |  (47.3%) |
| Females: 252 |  (52.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 419 (322 owner occupied, 97 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 23% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Barnett township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.6%
- Black: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
Median age of males: 41.4
Median age of females: 44.0
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Average household size: 2.54
| Barnett township: | 2.5 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.98
| Barnett township: | $50,523 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $432 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $99,639 (it was $75,400 in 2000)
| : | $99,639 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 13 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 13.8% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 5.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: McClimans Cemetery (1), Barnett Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
49% of Barnett township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% 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: 429
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 66
- South: 26
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
59 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 158
- Mobile homes: 27
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Barnett township with a mortgage: 68 (0 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 28
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (10%)
- Construction (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Health care (35%)
- Finance and insurance (27%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (13%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Woodworkers (5%)
- Media and communication equipment workers (21%)
- Health technologists and technicians (12%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Bus drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Postsecondary teachers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Barnett township:
- German (26.9%)
- United States or American (22.1%)
- Slovak (7.7%)
- Swedish (7.0%)
- English (5.9%)
- Irish (5.9%)
- Norwegian (4.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 197 (85%)
- Carpooled: 18 (8%)
- Walked: 13 (6%)
- Worked at home: 4 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (55%)
- Utility gas (42%)
- Wood (3%)
59 people in nursing homes
98.4% of residents of Barnett township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 467- In family households: 421 (123 male householders, 21 female householders)
118 spouses, 143 children (137 natural, 0 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 46 (31 male householders (27 living alone)), 7 female householders (7 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 59 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 81 2-persons, 33 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 34 1-person, 4 3-persons,
86 married couples with children.
7 single-parent households (7 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 22.8% |
| 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% |