Bois D'Arc township, Montgomery County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 54.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 1,050 (all rural)
Males: 500 | (47.6%) |
Females: 550 | (52.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,050 (812 owner occupied, 238 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 23% |
State: | 33% |
Races in Bois D'Arc township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Asian: 1.0%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 35.9
Median age of females: 36.5
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Average household size: 2.51
Bois D'Arc township: | 2.5 people |
Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.04
Bois D'Arc township: | $44,398 |
Illinois: | $56,210 |
Here: | $448 |
State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $73,962 (it was $55,300 in 2000)
: | $73,962 |
Illinois: | $169,600 |
Population density: 19 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 5.7% |
Whole state: | 10.7% |
This township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Farmersville.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Rovey Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Reservoir: Crown Mine Pond (A). Display/hide its location on the map
61% of Bois D'Arc township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 919
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 85
- South: 22
- West: 18
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $50,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 397
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 32
- Mobile homes: 38
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Bois D'Arc township with a mortgage: 159 (20 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 122
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (13%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Construction (6%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Health care (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (18%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Extraction workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (17%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bois D'Arc township:
- German (36.8%)
- Irish (17.4%)
- United States or American (13.1%)
- English (8.9%)
- Italian (5.6%)
- Belgian (1.3%)
- Polish (1.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 441 (74%)
- Carpooled: 53 (9%)
- Walked: 9 (2%)
- Other means: 18 (3%)
- Worked at home: 72 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (43%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
99.0% of residents of Bois D'Arc township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,064- In family households: 937 (280 male householders, 17 female householders)
252 spouses, 342 children (309 natural, 10 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 12 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 127 (39 male householders (33 living alone)), 80 female householders (78 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 112 2-persons, 61 3-persons, 94 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 111 1-person, 8 2-persons,
231 married couples with children.
44 single-parent households (15 men, 29 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
Here: | 13.1% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
Here: | 10.0% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
Here: | 12.3% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |