De Witt township, De Witt County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 32.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 2.3 sq. mi.
Population: 465 (all rural)
| Males: 241 |  (51.8%) |
| Females: 224 |  (48.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 465 (392 owner occupied, 73 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 16% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in De Witt township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.2%
- Black: 1.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.2%
- Hispanic or Latino: 0.0%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
Median age of males: 39.8
Median age of females: 39.8
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Average household size: 2.60
| De Witt township: | 2.6 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.94
| De Witt township: | $50,523 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $432 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $99,639 (it was $75,400 in 2000)
| : | $99,639 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 14 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: De Witt.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in De Witt township: Fullerton Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Barnes Cemetery (1), McCord Cemetery (2), De Witt Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in De Witt township: Clinton Lake State Recreational Area (1). Display/hide its location on the map
73% of De Witt township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 412
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 29
- South: 20
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $153,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 189
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $137,500
Housing units in De Witt township with a mortgage: 95 (2 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 42
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (8%)
- Utilities (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Construction (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Finance and insurance (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Food and beverage stores (14%)
- Utilities (9%)
- Health care (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Engineers (9%)
- Electricians (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (20%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in De Witt township:
- English (16.5%)
- German (14.3%)
- United States or American (10.9%)
- French (except Basque) (10.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (8.4%)
- Irish (4.7%)
- Scottish (4.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 164 (82%)
- Carpooled: 16 (8%)
- Walked: 9 (5%)
- Other means: 3 (2%)
- Worked at home: 8 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (45%)
- Utility gas (40%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
99.8% of residents of De Witt township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 475- In family households: 435 (122 male householders, 25 female householders)
120 spouses, 147 children (134 natural, 0 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 40 (25 male householders (24 living alone)), 13 female householders (13 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 80 2-persons, 17 3-persons, 25 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 37 1-person, 1 2-persons,
88 married couples with children.
16 single-parent households (7 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 5.3% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 12.5% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 28.6% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |