Richland township, Marshall County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 36.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 477 (all rural)
Males: 256 | (53.7%) |
Females: 221 | (46.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 477 (388 owner occupied, 89 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 19% |
State: | 33% |
Races in Richland township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.1%
- Black: 0.2%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 1.5%
Median age of males: 40.0
Median age of females: 41.7
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Average household size: 2.64
Richland township: | 2.6 people |
Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.98
Richland township: | $50,972 |
Illinois: | $56,210 |
Here: | $434 |
State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $93,592 (it was $77,400 in 2000)
: | $93,592 |
Illinois: | $169,600 |
Population density: 13 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 1.5% |
Whole state: | 10.7% |
This township: | 0.8% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Barnes Cemetery (1), New Salem Cemetery (2), Fort Dever Cemetery (3), Strawn Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Sherwoods Run (A). Display/hide its location on the map
77% of Richland 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: 425
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 44
- South: 8
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $33,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 189
- One, attached: 4
- Mobile homes: 16
Housing units in Richland township with a mortgage: 42 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 37
- Truck transportation (15%)
- Machinery (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Construction (12%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Health care (16%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Paper and paper products merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (16%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Occupational and physical therapist assistants and aides (9%)
- Waiters and waitresses (9%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Other financial specialists (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Richland township:
- German (24.3%)
- United States or American (15.9%)
- Italian (12.5%)
- English (11.8%)
- Irish (11.0%)
- Swedish (4.6%)
- Norwegian (4.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 151 (72%)
- Carpooled: 30 (14%)
- Railroad: 3 (1%)
- Other means: 18 (9%)
- Worked at home: 8 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (59%)
- Utility gas (19%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
97.2% of residents of Richland township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 481- In family households: 441 (138 male householders, 16 female householders)
141 spouses, 132 children (128 natural, 0 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 40 (23 male householders (18 living alone)), 12 female householders (12 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 74 2-persons, 34 3-persons, 28 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 30 1-person, 5 2-persons,
99 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (2 men, 3 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): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |