Lone Grove township, Fayette County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 36.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 707 (all rural)
| Males: 357 |  (50.5%) |
| Females: 350 |  (49.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 707 (620 owner occupied, 87 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 12% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Lone Grove township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.2%
- Black: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
Median age of males: 39.6
Median age of females: 40.7
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Average household size: 2.43
| Lone Grove township: | 2.4 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.94
| Lone Grove township: | $45,175 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $391 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $77,125 (it was $59,300 in 2000)
| : | $77,125 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 19 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 10.5% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 3.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: St. Peter.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: New Saint Peter Cemetery (1), Ambuehl Cemetery (2), Harris Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
67% of Lone Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% 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: 656
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 49
- South: 10
- West: 3
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 271
- 3 or 4: 8
- Mobile homes: 37
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Lone Grove township with a mortgage: 60 (4 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 108
- Construction (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (21%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Health care (12%)
- Food (11%)
- U. S. Postal service (7%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Food processing workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lone Grove township:
- German (70.1%)
- United States or American (11.4%)
- English (5.8%)
- Irish (3.4%)
- French (except Basque) (1.9%)
- Swedish (1.7%)
- French Canadian (1.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 261 (77%)
- Carpooled: 46 (13%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 18 (5%)
- Worked at home: 14 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (60%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Electricity (12%)
98.5% of residents of Lone Grove township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (20% speak English very well, 80% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 725- In family households: 615 (169 male householders, 25 female householders)
164 spouses, 222 children (201 natural, 4 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 2 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 110 (43 male householders (37 living alone)), 59 female householders (56 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 80 2-persons, 49 3-persons, 38 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 93 1-person, 9 2-persons,
143 married couples with children.
22 single-parent households (9 men, 13 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 51
| Here: | 49.5% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 9.1% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 53.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |