Curran township, Sangamon County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 29.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,678 (23% urban, 77% rural)
Males: 835 | (49.8%) |
Females: 843 | (50.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,678 (1,500 owner occupied, 178 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 11% |
State: | 33% |
Races in Curran township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 94.9%
- Black: 2.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 1.2%
- Two or more races: 0.7%
Median age of males: 40.0
Median age of females: 39.3
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Average household size: 2.69
Curran township: | 2.7 people |
Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.02
Curran township: | $55,317 |
Illinois: | $56,210 |
Here: | $594 |
State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $130,900 (it was $87,600 in 2000)
: | $130,900 |
Illinois: | $169,600 |
Population density: 56 people per square mile | (average). |
This township: | 3.1% |
Whole state: | 10.7% |
This township: | 1.0% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Cockrell (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Curran township: New Salem Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Young Cemetery (1), Shelton Cemetery (2), McGinnis Cemetery (3), Patterson Cemetery (4), Foster Cemetery (5), Cloyd Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
57% of Curran township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 100% lived in this county.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 87
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 7
- South: 0
- West: 4
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 39
- Construction (12%)
- Health care (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Curran township:
- Irish (51.7%)
- German (19.0%)
- Norwegian (6.9%)
- Belgian (5.2%)
- English (5.2%)
- Danish (3.4%)
- European (3.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 31 (60%)
- Carpooled: 6 (12%)
- Worked at home: 15 (29%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (89%)
- Utility gas (6%)
- Electricity (6%)
97.8% of residents of Curran township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 98- In family households: 88 (21 male householders, 2 female householders)
18 spouses, 47 children (47 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 10 (10 male householders (10 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 6 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 3 4-persons, 12 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 10 1-person,
346 married couples with children.
54 single-parent households (18 men, 36 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
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% |