Buena Vista township, Schuyler County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 36.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,426 (71% urban, 29% rural)
| Males: 688 |  (48.2%) |
| Females: 738 |  (51.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,426 (1,148 owner occupied, 278 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 19% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Buena Vista township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.5%
- Black: 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- Hispanic or Latino: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 43.7
Median age of females: 45.2
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Average household size: 2.30
| Buena Vista township: | 2.3 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.77
| Buena Vista township: | $47,640 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $420 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $71,264 (it was $53,300 in 2000)
| : | $71,264 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 39 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 7.7% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 2.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Buena Vista township include: Ebenezer Church (A), Curry Chapel (B), Moores Chapel (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Hughes Cemetery (1), Moore Cemetery (2), Hale Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Ryan Branch (A). Display/hide its location on the map
69% of Buena Vista township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% 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: 1395
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 65
- South: 45
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 566
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 33
- 20 to 49: 7
- Mobile homes: 43
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Buena Vista township with a mortgage: 139 (5 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 235
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Food (10%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Construction (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Buena Vista township:
- United States or American (26.1%)
- German (22.1%)
- English (16.6%)
- Irish (14.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.1%)
- British (3.1%)
- Scottish (2.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 569 (77%)
- Carpooled: 68 (9%)
- Walked: 13 (2%)
- Other means: 16 (2%)
- Worked at home: 69 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (67%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
98.2% of residents of Buena Vista township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (37% speak English very well, 63% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,515- In family households: 1,278 (347 male householders, 89 female householders)
408 spouses, 385 children (348 natural, 12 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 42 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 237 (83 male householders (67 living alone)), 123 female householders (118 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 241 2-persons, 78 3-persons, 69 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 185 1-person, 9 2-persons, 12 3-persons,
232 married couples with children.
61 single-parent households (17 men, 44 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |