Dry Point township, Shelby County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 24.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,085 (all rural)
| Males: 538 |  (49.6%) |
| Females: 547 |  (50.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,085 (926 owner occupied, 159 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 15% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Dry Point township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.7%
- Black: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.8%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 34.8
Median age of females: 36.1
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Average household size: 2.67
| Dry Point township: | 2.7 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.21
| Dry Point township: | $47,414 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $423 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $80,102 (it was $67,400 in 2000)
| : | $80,102 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 45 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 18.9% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 11.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Cowden.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Askins Cemetery (1), Moore Cemetery (2), Mud Run Cemetery (3), Pleasant Grove Cemetery (4), Mound Cemetery (5), Neal Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lake: Askins Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Creek: Richland Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
70% of Dry Point township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1032
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 32
- South: 24
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $18,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 338
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 15
- 10 to 19: 11
- Mobile homes: 93
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,100
Housing units in Dry Point township with a mortgage: 115 (7 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 96
- Construction (15%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Paper (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Paper (14%)
- Health care (14%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- U. S. Postal service (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other construction workers and helpers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dry Point township:
- United States or American (30.1%)
- German (20.4%)
- Irish (19.5%)
- English (7.0%)
- French (except Basque) (1.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.7%)
- Dutch (1.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 359 (82%)
- Carpooled: 60 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 12 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Wood (7%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
98.3% of residents of Dry Point township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,102- In family households: 997 (267 male householders, 45 female householders)
259 spouses, 359 children (324 natural, 13 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 5 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 105 (42 male householders (42 living alone)), 60 female householders (58 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 133 2-persons, 60 3-persons, 56 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 100 1-person, 2 2-persons,
215 married couples with children.
68 single-parent households (12 men, 56 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% |