Charleston township, Coles County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 37.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.4 sq. mi.
Population: 22,901 (92% urban, 8% rural)
Males: 10,730 | (46.9%) |
Females: 12,171 | (53.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 18,930 (10,128 owner occupied, 8,802 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 46% |
State: | 33% |
Races in Charleston township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 91.9%
- Black: 3.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Asian: 1.3%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- Hispanic or Latino: 1.7%
- Two or more races: 0.8%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 22.9
Median age of females: 22.7
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Average household size: 2.26
Charleston township: | 2.3 people |
Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.89
Charleston township: | $37,768 |
Illinois: | $56,210 |
Here: | $476 |
State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $83,916 (it was $70,800 in 2000)
: | $83,916 |
Illinois: | $169,600 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $122,966
Here: $122,966 State: $228,842
Townhouses or other attached units: $87,306
Here: $87,306 State: $200,693
In 2-unit structures: $151,794
Here: $151,794 State: $206,569
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $219,521
Here: $219,521 State: $222,493
Mobile homes: $40,052
Here: $40,052 State: $36,193
Population density: 618 people per square mile | (high). |
Cities in this township include: Charleston.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Charleston township include: Unity Chapel (A), Calvary Baptist Church (B), Church of God (C), Praise Assembly of God Church (D), Mount Zion Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Yocum Cemetery (1), Unity Cemetery (2), Stoner Cemetery (3), Lumbrick Cemetery (4), Kickapoo Cemetery (5), Huckaba Cemetery (6), Fudge Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Crabill Pond (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Creeks: Cassell Creek (A), Riley Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
100% of Charleston township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 76
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 24
- South: 0
- West: 1
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Charleston township, Illinois:
- 3,474 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 182 people in nursing homes
- 123 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 82 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 62 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 33 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 13 people in religious group quarters
- 2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 35
Housing units in Charleston township with a mortgage: 6 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2
- Educational services (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Construction (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Educational services (32%)
- Health care (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (2%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (2%)
- Postsecondary teachers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Postsecondary teachers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Charleston township:
- German (48.8%)
- Norwegian (31.7%)
- French (except Basque) (14.6%)
- English (2.4%)
- Irish (2.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 50 (81%)
- Worked at home: 12 (19%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (56%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
People in group quarters in Charleston township, Illinois:
- 3,474 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 182 people in nursing homes
- 123 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 82 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 62 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 33 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 13 people in religious group quarters
- 2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 101- In family households: 93 (26 male householders, 0 female householders)
23 spouses, 44 children (44 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 8 (2 male householders (2 living alone)), 6 female householders (6 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 4 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 1 4-persons, 5 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 8 1-person,
2,415 married couples with children.
728 single-parent households (129 men, 599 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% |