Witt township, Montgomery County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 36.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,247 (72% urban, 28% rural)
Males: 595 | (47.7%) |
Females: 652 | (52.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,247 (1,049 owner occupied, 198 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 16% |
State: | 33% |
Races in Witt township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.3%
- Black: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
Median age of males: 39.6
Median age of females: 40.1
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Average household size: 2.32
Witt township: | 2.3 people |
Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.94
Witt 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: 34 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 19.0% |
Whole state: | 10.7% |
This township: | 9.6% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Witt.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Eddington Dairy Farm (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Armentrout Cemetery (1), Witt Cemetery (2), Gooseneck Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
64% of Witt township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1114
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 40
- South: 46
- West: 33
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $25,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 474
- 3 or 4: 18
- 5 to 9: 25
- Mobile homes: 57
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,500
Housing units in Witt township with a mortgage: 154 (12 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 165
- Construction (13%)
- Truck transportation (12%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (14%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Witt township:
- United States or American (27.1%)
- German (26.6%)
- English (17.4%)
- Irish (6.6%)
- Italian (4.6%)
- Dutch (2.4%)
- Slovak (2.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 429 (81%)
- Carpooled: 42 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 17 (3%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 35 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
98.8% of residents of Witt township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,242- In family households: 1,005 (253 male householders, 64 female householders)
258 spouses, 368 children (329 natural, 6 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 5 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 237 (90 male householders (75 living alone)), 108 female householders (90 living alone)), 39 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 135 2-persons, 67 3-persons, 68 4-persons, 36 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 165 1-person, 27 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
216 married couples with children.
62 single-parent households (22 men, 40 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
Here: | 14.0% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
Here: | 10.8% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here: | 7.4% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |