Wabash township, Clark County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 73.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 2,102 (0% urban, 100% rural)
| Males: 1,083 |  (51.5%) |
| Females: 1,019 |  (48.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 2,102 (1,815 owner occupied, 287 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 14% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Wabash township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.3%
Median age of males: 38.8
Median age of females: 39.3
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Average household size: 2.54
| Wabash township: | 2.5 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.96
| Wabash township: | $46,915 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $395 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $81,683 (it was $64,000 in 2000)
| : | $81,683 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 29 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 5.8% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Wabash township include: Armstrong United Methodist Church (A), Asbury United Methodist Church (B), Cooper Chapel (C), Dunlap United Methodist Church (D), Zion United Methodist Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Black Cemetery (1), Mackey Cemetery (2), Livingston Cemetery (3), Dennison Cemetery (4), Cumberland Cemetery (5), Big Creek Cemetery (6), Asbury Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Illinois No Name Number 2043 Reservoir (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Mud Creek (A), Ashmore Creek (B), Dog Run (C), Little Creek (D), Lick Branch (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
69% of Wabash 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, 21% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 820
- Northeast: 43
- Midwest: 1101
- South: 114
- West: 36
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 770
- 3 or 4: 7
- 20 to 49: 22
- Mobile homes: 124
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,200
Housing units in Wabash township with a mortgage: 199 (4 second mortgage, 25 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 132
- Construction (15%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Health care (30%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Paper (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wabash township:
- German (22.9%)
- United States or American (20.8%)
- English (18.8%)
- Irish (9.7%)
- French (except Basque) (6.5%)
- Italian (3.9%)
- Scottish (2.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 965 (88%)
- Carpooled: 83 (8%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 22 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (52%)
- Utility gas (29%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (3%)
97.8% of residents of Wabash township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,133- In family households: 1,941 (595 male householders, 48 female householders)
578 spouses, 640 children (566 natural, 0 adopted, 74 stepchildren), 46 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 8 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 192 (112 male householders (112 living alone)), 80 female householders (80 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 308 2-persons, 121 3-persons, 105 4-persons, 85 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 192 1-person,
419 married couples with children.
71 single-parent households (20 men, 51 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
| Here: | 7.4% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |