Wallace township, La Salle County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 27.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 529 (40% urban, 60% rural)
| Males: 277 |  (52.4%) |
| Females: 252 |  (47.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 529 (439 owner occupied, 90 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 17% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Wallace township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.5%
- Some other race: 0.2%
Median age of males: 41.0
Median age of females: 41.7
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Average household size: 2.78
| Wallace township: | 2.8 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.10
| Wallace township: | $48,552 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $523 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $121,300 (it was $86,500 in 2000)
| : | $121,300 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 19 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 5.2% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 5.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
77% of Wallace township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 84% 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: 480
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 30
- South: 12
- West: 9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 199
- 3 or 4: 4
Housing units in Wallace township with a mortgage: 87 (17 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 66
- Construction (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Office supplies and stationery stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Electricians (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Accountants and auditors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wallace township:
- Irish (23.2%)
- German (21.4%)
- Norwegian (12.5%)
- Polish (6.5%)
- Italian (4.5%)
- English (4.0%)
- United States or American (2.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 229 (86%)
- Carpooled: 25 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (2%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 4 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
97.9% of residents of Wallace township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (36% speak English very well, 64% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 538- In family households: 522 (134 male householders, 14 female householders)
142 spouses, 224 children (186 natural, 0 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 16 (14 male householders (14 living alone)), 2 female householders (2 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 52 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 50 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 14 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 16 1-person,
124 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (6 men, 2 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): 8
| Here: | 20.5% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |