Preston township, Richland County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 40.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.8 sq. mi.
Population: 1,345 (all rural)
| Males: 656 |  (48.8%) |
| Females: 689 |  (51.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,334 (1,163 owner occupied, 171 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Preston township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.8%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.2%
- Hispanic or Latino: 1.0%
- Two or more races: 0.3%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 41.0
Median age of females: 41.4
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Average household size: 2.48
| Preston township: | 2.5 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.88
| Preston township: | $43,615 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $399 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $72,659 (it was $62,100 in 2000)
| : | $72,659 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 33 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 5.6% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Preston township: Clover Farms (A), Richland Country Club (B), Fox Creek Vineyards (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Church in Preston township: Saron Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Trobaugh Cemetery (1), Saron Cemetery (2), Saint Pauls Lutheran Cemetery (3), McBurg Cemetery (4), Dundas Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: M D Borah Lake (A), East Fork Lake (B), Vernor Lake (C), Webber Lake (D), Olney Lake (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Coon Creek (A), Camp Branch (B), Long Branch (C), Jack Oak Creek (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
63% of Preston township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1110
- Northeast: 16
- Midwest: 148
- South: 34
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
11 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 494
- Mobile homes: 111
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Preston township with a mortgage: 198 (9 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 98
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Construction (9%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Finance and insurance (20%)
- Health care (20%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Private households (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (12%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (9%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Preston township:
- German (32.3%)
- United States or American (22.4%)
- Irish (12.2%)
- English (7.9%)
- French (except Basque) (7.2%)
- European (5.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 571 (88%)
- Carpooled: 43 (7%)
- Worked at home: 34 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (58%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Wood (9%)
- Electricity (5%)
11 people in nursing homes
97.6% of residents of Preston township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,328- In family households: 1,244 (349 male householders, 64 female householders)
380 spouses, 411 children (358 natural, 7 adopted, 46 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 9 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 84 (25 male householders (25 living alone)), 59 female householders (59 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 11 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 208 2-persons, 56 3-persons, 112 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 84 1-person,
230 married couples with children.
54 single-parent households (11 men, 43 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 46
| Here: | 26.1% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 11.7% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |