Blissville township, Jefferson County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 34.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 402 (all rural)
| Males: 216 |  (53.7%) |
| Females: 186 |  (46.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 402 (336 owner occupied, 66 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 16% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Blissville township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.5%
- Black: 0.5%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
Median age of males: 36.6
Median age of females: 40.0
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Average household size: 2.66
| Blissville township: | 2.7 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.00
| Blissville township: | $42,819 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $426 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $80,288 (it was $60,000 in 2000)
| : | $80,288 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 12 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 11.0% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 4.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Blissville Townhall (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Blissville township: Mount Zion Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Mount Zion Cemetery (1), Minson Cemetery (2), Quinn Cemetery (3), Knob Prairie Cemetery (4), Gilbert Cemetery (5), Taylor Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Novak Creek (A), Back Branch (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
76% of Blissville township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 351
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 30
- South: 4
- West: 4
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 9.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.7% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 120
- Mobile homes: 42
Median worth of mobile homes: $78,100
Housing units in Blissville township with a mortgage: 25 (0 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11
- Construction (16%)
- Plastics and rubber products (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Health care (21%)
- Truck transportation (15%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Drugs, sundries, and chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Blissville township:
- Polish (50.2%)
- German (15.0%)
- Irish (12.5%)
- Dutch (9.1%)
- English (6.3%)
- United States or American (3.1%)
- Italian (1.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 158 (79%)
- Carpooled: 13 (7%)
- Walked: 3 (2%)
- Worked at home: 26 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (58%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Wood (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Utility gas (3%)
98.1% of residents of Blissville township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 392- In family households: 339 (97 male householders, 12 female householders)
106 spouses, 111 children (81 natural, 11 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 53 (27 male householders (14 living alone)), 4 female householders (4 living alone)), 22 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 65 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 19 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 11 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 18 1-person, 4 2-persons, 9 3-persons,
74 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (11 men, 6 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 16.4% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |