Prairie township, Edgar County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 36.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 370 (all rural)
| Males: 172 |  (46.5%) |
| Females: 198 |  (53.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 297 (235 owner occupied, 62 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 21% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Prairie township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.8%
- Black: 2.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.5%
- Two or more races: 0.3%
Median age of males: 43.3
Median age of females: 53.0
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Average household size: 2.72
| Prairie township: | 2.7 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.14
| Prairie township: | $41,698 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $400 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $67,821 (it was $56,400 in 2000)
| : | $67,821 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $95,275
Here: $95,275 State: $228,842
Townhouses or other attached units: $134,889
Here: $134,889 State: $200,693
Mobile homes: $26,038
Here: $26,038 State: $36,193
| Population density: 10 people per square mile | (low). |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Prairie township: Wesley Chapel (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Wesley Chapel Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Bonwell Branch (A). Display/hide its location on the map
68% of Prairie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 243
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 60
- South: 8
- West: 13
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
65 people in nursing homes
8 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 105
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Prairie township with a mortgage: 34 (0 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 17
- Construction (21%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (10%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (6%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Educational services (23%)
- Health care (21%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Extraction workers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (19%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (17%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Prairie township:
- United States or American (33.3%)
- German (22.4%)
- English (12.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.5%)
- Swedish (5.1%)
- Irish (3.8%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 122 (88%)
- Carpooled: 9 (6%)
- Walked: 4 (3%)
- Worked at home: 4 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (47%)
- Utility gas (32%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Wood (4%)
65 people in nursing homes
8 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 307- In family households: 293 (91 male householders, 4 female householders)
85 spouses, 109 children (105 natural, 0 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 14 (5 male householders (5 living alone)), 9 female householders (9 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 17 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 36 2-persons, 23 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 15 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 14 1-person,
67 married couples with children.
7 single-parent households (3 men, 4 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): 5
| Here: | 11.4% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |