Prairie Creek township, Logan County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 42.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 533 (all rural)
| Males: 256 |  (48.0%) |
| Females: 277 |  (52.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 533 (391 owner occupied, 142 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 27% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Prairie Creek township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.2%
- Black: 0.4%
- Asian: 0.9%
Median age of males: 36.2
Median age of females: 33.5
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Average household size: 2.94
| Prairie Creek township: | 2.9 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.21
| Prairie Creek township: | $47,116 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $448 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $90,429 (it was $74,900 in 2000)
| : | $90,429 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 13 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 6.6% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 5.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Greenhill Cemetery (1), Thomas Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
72% of Prairie Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 96% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 441
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 19
- South: 17
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 156
- Mobile homes: 19
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Prairie Creek township with a mortgage: 57 (0 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 45
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Machinery (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (12%)
- Office supplies and stationery stores (10%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Top executives (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Bus drivers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (13%)
- Business operations specialists (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Prairie Creek township:
- German (57.6%)
- English (12.3%)
- French (except Basque) (5.1%)
- United States or American (4.1%)
- Irish (3.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 188 (74%)
- Carpooled: 22 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 12 (5%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (2%)
- Worked at home: 23 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (53%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (2%)
97.4% of residents of Prairie Creek township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 483- In family households: 459 (135 male householders, 26 female householders)
135 spouses, 151 children (134 natural, 1 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 24 (9 male householders (3 living alone)), 9 female householders (6 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 75 2-persons, 33 3-persons, 27 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 9 1-person, 9 2-persons,
127 married couples with children.
34 single-parent households (16 men, 18 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 8.6% |
| 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: 8
| Here: | 53.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |