Young America township, Edgar County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 55.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 769 (all rural)
| Males: 361 |  (46.9%) |
| Females: 408 |  (53.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 769 (597 owner occupied, 172 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 22% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Young America township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.7%
Median age of males: 40.3
Median age of females: 41.4
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Average household size: 2.37
| Young America township: | 2.4 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.81
| Young America township: | $41,698 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $400 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $67,821 (it was $56,400 in 2000)
| : | $67,821 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $95,275
Here: $95,275 State: $228,842
Townhouses or other attached units: $134,889
Here: $134,889 State: $200,693
Mobile homes: $26,038
Here: $26,038 State: $36,193
| Population density: 14 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 11.3% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 5.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Hume, Metcalf.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Young America township: Palermo Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Clark Branch (A), Hughes Drain (B), Shiloh Number 2 Drain (C), Gilkey Branch (D), McCown Branch (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
76% of Young America township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 606
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 97
- South: 57
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $43,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 305
- One, attached: 4
- 3 or 4: 6
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 37
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,600
Housing units in Young America township with a mortgage: 71 (6 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 142
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Construction (17%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Health care (20%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (14%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Secondary school teachers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Young America township:
- United States or American (34.8%)
- German (20.2%)
- English (13.2%)
- Irish (9.9%)
- Italian (4.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.9%)
- Swedish (2.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 285 (86%)
- Carpooled: 37 (11%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 5 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
97.4% of residents of Young America township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (25% speak English very well, 75% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 773- In family households: 664 (194 male householders, 41 female householders)
184 spouses, 199 children (176 natural, 7 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 10 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 109 (28 male householders (21 living alone)), 66 female householders (60 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 126 2-persons, 50 3-persons, 40 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 81 1-person, 11 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
129 married couples with children.
31 single-parent households (10 men, 21 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% |