Pickaway township, Shelby County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 29.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 193 (all rural)
| Males: 103 |  (53.4%) |
| Females: 90 |  (46.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 193 (163 owner occupied, 30 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 16% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Pickaway township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.9%
- Black: 1.0%
Median age of males: 36.4
Median age of females: 36.5
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Average household size: 2.80
| Pickaway township: | 2.8 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.18
| Pickaway township: | $47,414 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $423 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $80,102 (it was $67,400 in 2000)
| : | $80,102 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 6 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 6.6% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 2.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Pickaway township include: Saint Marys Church (A), Locust Grove Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Union Cemetery (1), Tolley Cemetery (2), Locust Grove Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
75% of Pickaway township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% 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: 170
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 8
- South: 10
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 69
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $61,700
Housing units in Pickaway township with a mortgage: 15 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 17
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Construction (16%)
- Machinery (16%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Paper (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Health care (31%)
- Accommodation and food services (19%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (18%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (13%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (13%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pickaway township:
- English (28.7%)
- German (22.5%)
- United States or American (12.5%)
- French (except Basque) (8.8%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- Welsh (7.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 84 (87%)
- Other means: 1 (1%)
- Worked at home: 12 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (65%)
- Utility gas (13%)
- Wood (11%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
99.0% of residents of Pickaway township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 198- In family households: 177 (52 male householders, 2 female householders)
49 spouses, 64 children (63 natural, 1 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 21 (16 male householders (15 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 16 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 15 1-person, 1 3-persons,
53 married couples with children.
1 single-parent households (0 men, 1 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 6.3% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 36.4% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |