Buck township, Edgar County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 34.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 346 (all rural)
Males: 184 | (53.2%) |
Females: 162 | (46.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 346 (237 owner occupied, 109 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 32% |
State: | 33% |
Races in Buck township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.7%
- Two or more races: 0.3%
Median age of males: 40.5
Median age of females: 41.2
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Average household size: 2.49
Buck township: | 2.5 people |
Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.90
Buck 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: 10 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 14.0% |
Whole state: | 10.7% |
This township: | 6.2% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Redmon.
57% of Buck township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 213
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 68
- South: 17
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 128
- 5 to 9: 2
- 10 to 19: 5
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000
Housing units in Buck township with a mortgage: 33 (3 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 33
- Transportation equipment (22%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Personal and laundry services (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (22%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Child care workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Engineers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Secondary school teachers (8%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (8%)
- Personal appearance workers (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Buck township:
- United States or American (41.3%)
- German (25.4%)
- Irish (5.3%)
- English (4.2%)
- European (3.2%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 144 (85%)
- Carpooled: 21 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 2 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%)
- Electricity (7%)
99.0% of residents of Buck township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 309- In family households: 261 (72 male householders, 13 female householders)
77 spouses, 73 children (65 natural, 0 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 48 (18 male householders (16 living alone)), 27 female householders (27 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 48 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 43 1-person, 2 3-persons,
56 married couples with children.
20 single-parent households (5 men, 15 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% |