Saratoga township, Marshall County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 35.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 320 (all rural)
Males: 166 | (51.9%) |
Females: 154 | (48.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 320 (207 owner occupied, 113 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 35% |
State: | 33% |
Races in Saratoga township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.6%
- Black: 0.6%
- Two or more races: 0.3%
Median age of males: 39.2
Median age of females: 40.5
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Average household size: 2.52
Saratoga township: | 2.5 people |
Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.07
Saratoga 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: 9 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 8.0% |
Whole state: | 10.7% |
This township: | 5.5% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Saratoga township: Henry Fire Protection District Station 2 (A), Camp Grove Community Fire District (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Church in Saratoga township: Saratoga Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Saint Patrick Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
73% of Saratoga township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 256
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 16
- South: 13
- West: 1
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.8% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 136
- One, attached: 5
- 3 or 4: 15
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 16
Housing units in Saratoga township with a mortgage: 23 (4 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 35
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (31%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (11%)
- Construction (7%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Social assistance (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (12%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (8%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (18%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (13%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (13%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (20%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Life, physical, and social science technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Saratoga township:
- German (44.7%)
- Irish (25.2%)
- English (8.4%)
- United States or American (8.4%)
- Italian (3.1%)
- Acadian/Cajun (1.8%)
- Polish (1.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 113 (72%)
- Carpooled: 17 (11%)
- Walked: 4 (3%)
- Worked at home: 24 (15%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (53%)
- Utility gas (35%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
97.8% of residents of Saratoga township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 289- In family households: 224 (71 male householders, 10 female householders)
64 spouses, 71 children (69 natural, 0 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 0 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 65 (35 male householders (28 living alone)), 21 female householders (21 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 41 2-persons, 23 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 49 1-person, 7 2-persons,
53 married couples with children.
9 single-parent households (2 men, 7 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here: | 7.1% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
Here: | 14.3% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |