Grand Detour township, Ogle County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 10.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.7 sq. mi.
Population: 742 (all rural)
| Males: 381 |  (51.3%) |
| Females: 361 |  (48.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 742 (648 owner occupied, 94 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Grand Detour township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.8%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.3%
Median age of males: 44.3
Median age of females: 44.5
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Average household size: 2.35
| Grand Detour township: | 2.4 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.77
| Grand Detour township: | $53,678 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $530 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $139,085 (it was $104,100 in 2000)
| : | $139,085 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $165,287
Here: $165,287 State: $228,842
Townhouses or other attached units: $138,480
Here: $138,480 State: $200,693
In 2-unit structures: $131,836
Here: $131,836 State: $206,569
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $239,965
Here: $239,965 State: $240,302
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $101,673
Here: $101,673 State: $222,493
Mobile homes: $15,824
Here: $15,824 State: $36,193
| Population density: 68 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 5.4% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Grand Detour.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Creek: Pine Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
82% of Grand Detour township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 513
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 169
- South: 16
- West: 7
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 366
- 3 or 4: 14
Housing units in Grand Detour township with a mortgage: 116 (0 second mortgage, 23 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 113
- Printing and related support activities (11%)
- Construction (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Personal and laundry services (10%)
- Health care (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Top executives (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (16%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (15%)
- Painters and paperhangers (7%)
- Personal appearance workers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Secondary school teachers (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grand Detour township:
- German (46.6%)
- Irish (15.0%)
- English (9.6%)
- United States or American (7.4%)
- Swedish (5.2%)
- French (except Basque) (4.2%)
- Norwegian (2.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 371 (86%)
- Carpooled: 25 (6%)
- Walked: 10 (2%)
- Worked at home: 24 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (2%)
98.9% of residents of Grand Detour township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 719- In family households: 596 (204 male householders, 42 female householders)
247 spouses, 103 children (103 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 123 (53 male householders (24 living alone)), 32 female householders (24 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 191 2-persons, 25 3-persons, 19 4-persons, 11 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 48 1-person, 37 2-persons,
123 married couples with children.
19 single-parent households (12 men, 7 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 21.1% |
| 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% |