Gray township, White County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 27.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.5 sq. mi.
Population: 1,238 (all rural)
| Males: 573 |  (46.3%) |
| Females: 665 |  (53.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,169 (957 owner occupied, 212 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 18% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Gray township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.4%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 1.0%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 43.4
Median age of females: 44.5
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Average household size: 2.33
| Gray township: | 2.3 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.86
| Gray township: | $42,470 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $335 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $67,170 (it was $43,000 in 2000)
| : | $67,170 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 46 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 13.7% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Grayville.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Webbs Ferry (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Gray township include: Concord Church (A), Union Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Union Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Creek: Stinking Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
66% of Gray township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 795
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 258
- South: 154
- West: 34
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
69 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 440
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 39
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 9
- Mobile homes: 43
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,800
Housing units in Gray township with a mortgage: 140 (10 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 149
- Transportation equipment (18%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (13%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Extraction workers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Gray township:
- United States or American (29.8%)
- German (21.0%)
- English (19.8%)
- Irish (8.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
- Italian (2.1%)
- French (except Basque) (1.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 401 (77%)
- Carpooled: 81 (16%)
- Walked: 15 (3%)
- Other means: 10 (2%)
- Worked at home: 12 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Wood (1%)
69 people in nursing homes
99.2% of residents of Gray township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 57% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,170- In family households: 988 (270 male householders, 62 female householders)
252 spouses, 352 children (309 natural, 8 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 24 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 182 (74 male householders (55 living alone)), 77 female householders (74 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 71 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 133 2-persons, 94 3-persons, 74 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 129 1-person, 9 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 8 4-persons,
202 married couples with children.
39 single-parent households (13 men, 26 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): 4
| Here: | 4.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |