Keithsburg township, Mercer County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 17.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.9 sq. mi.
Population: 821 (all rural)
| Males: 395 |  (48.1%) |
| Females: 426 |  (51.9%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 821 (672 owner occupied, 149 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 18% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Keithsburg township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 1.1%
Median age of males: 40.6
Median age of females: 41.7
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Average household size: 2.47
| Keithsburg township: | 2.5 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.84
| Keithsburg township: | $52,587 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $411 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $91,266 (it was $70,900 in 2000)
| : | $91,266 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 46 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 11.9% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 3.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Keithsburg.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Saint Mary's Cemetery (1), Keithsburg Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Rivers: Edwards River (A), Mad River (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Keithsburg township: Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge (1). Display/hide its location on the map
65% of Keithsburg township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 44% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 577
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 161
- South: 26
- West: 40
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 273
- 5 to 9: 9
- 10 to 19: 13
- Mobile homes: 88
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,800
Housing units in Keithsburg township with a mortgage: 115 (12 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 68
- Construction (25%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Health care (25%)
- Metal and metal products (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (14%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Keithsburg township:
- German (39.4%)
- United States or American (15.3%)
- Swedish (9.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.2%)
- Irish (6.0%)
- English (5.8%)
- Ukrainian (1.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 237 (81%)
- Carpooled: 45 (15%)
- Walked: 6 (2%)
- Worked at home: 4 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
98.9% of residents of Keithsburg township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 820- In family households: 689 (184 male householders, 29 female householders)
180 spouses, 248 children (220 natural, 6 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 1 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 131 (59 male householders (40 living alone)), 49 female householders (49 living alone)), 23 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 83 2-persons, 45 3-persons, 61 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 89 1-person, 16 2-persons, 1 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
119 married couples with children.
46 single-parent households (15 men, 31 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 18.2% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |