Canoe Creek township, Rock Island County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 14.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.5 sq. mi.
Population: 864 (all rural)
| Males: 428 |  (49.5%) |
| Females: 436 |  (50.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 811 (616 owner occupied, 195 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 24% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Canoe Creek township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 92.5%
- Black: 1.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.7%
- Asian: 0.5%
- Two or more races: 1.3%
Median age of males: 36.8
Median age of females: 36.0
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Average household size: 2.68
| Canoe Creek township: | 2.7 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.08
| Canoe Creek township: | $48,159 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $553 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $111,100 (it was $77,800 in 2000)
| : | $111,100 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $133,800
Here: $133,800 State: $228,842
Townhouses or other attached units: $174,838
Here: $174,838 State: $200,693
In 2-unit structures: $133,278
Here: $133,278 State: $206,569
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $138,496
Here: $138,496 State: $240,302
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $237,232
Here: $237,232 State: $222,493
Mobile homes: $10,022
Here: $10,022 State: $36,193
| Population density: 60 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 14.9% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 3.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Hillsdale.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Bethesda Cemetery (1), Mount Moriah Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
56% of Canoe Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 534
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 236
- South: 44
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
53 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 269
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 15
- 5 to 9: 12
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 41
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Canoe Creek township with a mortgage: 123 (8 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 38
- Machinery (15%)
- Construction (13%)
- Food (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (32%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (29%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Bus drivers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Canoe Creek township:
- German (27.3%)
- Irish (17.2%)
- United States or American (12.5%)
- English (11.2%)
- Swedish (6.1%)
- Belgian (4.6%)
- French (except Basque) (3.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 377 (81%)
- Carpooled: 50 (11%)
- Walked: 10 (2%)
- Other means: 12 (3%)
- Worked at home: 16 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Wood (3%)
53 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.6% of residents of Canoe Creek township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 771- In family households: 666 (165 male householders, 56 female householders)
164 spouses, 215 children (191 natural, 9 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 20 other relatives, 32 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 105 (47 male householders (41 living alone)), 38 female householders (34 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 58 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 107 2-persons, 42 3-persons, 47 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 75 1-person, 6 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
144 married couples with children.
59 single-parent households (16 men, 43 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 12.5% |
| 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% |