Bellflower township, McLean County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 49.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 682 (all rural)
| Males: 344 |  (50.4%) |
| Females: 338 |  (49.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 682 (524 owner occupied, 158 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 23% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Bellflower township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.2%
- Black: 2.5%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 1.0%
Median age of males: 38.0
Median age of females: 39.5
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Average household size: 2.64
| Bellflower township: | 2.6 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.05
| Bellflower township: | $61,846 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $662 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $160,300 (it was $109,300 in 2000)
| : | $160,300 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $186,077
Here: $186,077 State: $228,842
Townhouses or other attached units: $164,364
Here: $164,364 State: $200,693
In 2-unit structures: $196,146
Here: $196,146 State: $206,569
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $61,771
Here: $61,771 State: $240,302
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $136,087
Here: $136,087 State: $222,493
Mobile homes: $17,029
Here: $17,029 State: $36,193
| Population density: 14 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 3.6% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
Cities in this township include: Bellflower.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Bellflower Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
71% of Bellflower township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 95% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 536
- Northeast: 27
- Midwest: 37
- South: 68
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 233
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Bellflower township with a mortgage: 103 (14 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 76
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Health care (14%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Special education teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bellflower township:
- German (27.4%)
- United States or American (20.7%)
- English (14.0%)
- Irish (8.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.7%)
- Scottish (3.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 285 (80%)
- Carpooled: 35 (10%)
- Walked: 11 (3%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 20 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (70%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Wood (2%)
- Electricity (1%)
97.9% of residents of Bellflower township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 673- In family households: 602 (178 male householders, 18 female householders)
163 spouses, 218 children (196 natural, 2 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 71 (38 male householders (38 living alone)), 33 female householders (33 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 100 2-persons, 33 3-persons, 27 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 71 1-person,
141 married couples with children.
24 single-parent households (8 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 4.1% |
| 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% |