Media township, Henderson County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Media township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
78% of Media township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 87% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 31% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 265
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 195
- South: 9
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $42,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 191
- Mobile homes: 12
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,000
Housing units in Media township with a mortgage: 54 (4 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 51
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (30%)
- Construction (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Food (10%)
- Social assistance (10%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (27%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Extraction workers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Child care workers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Media township:
- United States or American (24.3%)
- German (20.4%)
- English (9.0%)
- Irish (7.8%)
- Swedish (7.8%)
- Dutch (4.2%)
- European (3.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 169 (78%)
- Carpooled: 34 (16%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 11 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (52%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Electricity (4%)
98.9% of residents of Media township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 478- In family households: 418 (125 male householders, 13 female householders)
119 spouses, 144 children (133 natural, 4 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 60 (24 male householders (20 living alone)), 29 female householders (26 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 70 2-persons, 26 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 46 1-person, 5 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
98 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (5 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
Here: | 31.3% |
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: 9
Here: | 42.9% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |