Owego township, Livingston County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 36.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 336 (all rural)
| Males: 177 |  (52.7%) |
| Females: 159 |  (47.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 336 (266 owner occupied, 70 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 21% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Owego township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.3%
- Black: 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.9%
Median age of males: 39.7
Median age of females: 41.6
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Average household size: 2.85
| Owego township: | 2.9 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.08
| Owego township: | $55,287 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $483 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $102,523 (it was $78,300 in 2000)
| : | $102,523 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $132,550
Here: $132,550 State: $228,842
Townhouses or other attached units: $108,589
Here: $108,589 State: $200,693
In 2-unit structures: $68,905
Here: $68,905 State: $206,569
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $113,838
Here: $113,838 State: $240,302
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $89,766
Here: $89,766 State: $222,493
Mobile homes: $24,376
Here: $24,376 State: $36,193
| Population density: 9 people per square mile | (low). |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Owego township: Owego Townhall (A), Livingston County Courthouse (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Houder Cemetery (1), Swygert Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
78% of Owego township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 282
- Northeast: 20
- Midwest: 14
- South: 11
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 120
- 3 or 4: 8
- Mobile homes: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $93,300
Housing units in Owego township with a mortgage: 60 (11 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 16
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (22%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Health care (38%)
- Finance and insurance (16%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (16%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (13%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (11%)
- Other financial specialists (7%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Customer service representatives (16%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (15%)
- Registered nurses (13%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Physicians and surgeons (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Owego township:
- German (43.1%)
- Italian (12.1%)
- United States or American (10.8%)
- English (10.4%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
- Swiss (2.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 175 (91%)
- Carpooled: 11 (6%)
- Worked at home: 7 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Utility gas (37%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 327- In family households: 301 (104 male householders, 3 female householders)
104 spouses, 88 children (78 natural, 0 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 26 (10 male householders (8 living alone)), 12 female householders (9 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 50 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 6 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 17 1-person, 5 2-persons,
81 married couples with children.
4 single-parent households (3 men, 1 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1
| Here: | 3.0% |
| 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% |