Eliza township, Mercer County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 57.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 2.5 sq. mi.
Population: 398 (all rural)
Males: 209 | (52.5%) |
Females: 189 | (47.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 398 (270 owner occupied, 128 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 32% |
State: | 33% |
Races in Eliza township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.7%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
Median age of males: 40.2
Median age of females: 41.6
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Average household size: 2.49
Eliza township: | 2.5 people |
Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.89
Eliza township: | $52,587 |
Illinois: | $56,210 |
Here: | $411 |
State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $91,266 (it was $70,900 in 2000)
: | $91,266 |
Illinois: | $169,600 |
Population density: 7 people per square mile | (very low). |
This township: | 1.3% |
Whole state: | 10.7% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Eliza township: Crosses Corner Access Area (A), New Boston - Eliza Fire Protection District Station 2 (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Church in Eliza township: Union Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Miller Cemetery (1), Leech Cemetery (2), Eliza Creek Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lake: Swan Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Blanchard Chute (A), Yankee Branch (B), Irwin Branch (C), Dolan Creek (D), Keating Creek (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
90% of Eliza township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 16% 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: 193
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 171
- South: 22
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 143
- Mobile homes: 20
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,400
Housing units in Eliza township with a mortgage: 20 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 33
- Machinery (26%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Construction (12%)
- Plastics and rubber products (10%)
- U. S. Postal service (6%)
- Warehousing and storage (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (14%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (31%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (11%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (16%)
- Waiters and waitresses (15%)
- Accountants and auditors (14%)
- Health technologists and technicians (10%)
- Legal support workers (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Eliza township:
- Irish (22.2%)
- German (21.3%)
- United States or American (18.4%)
- English (15.5%)
- Swedish (5.8%)
- Danish (5.3%)
- Czechoslovakian (3.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 159 (88%)
- Carpooled: 11 (6%)
- Walked: 5 (3%)
- Worked at home: 6 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (80%)
- Wood (10%)
- Utility gas (10%)
98.6% of residents of Eliza township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 386- In family households: 313 (106 male householders, 7 female householders)
122 spouses, 78 children (78 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 73 (13 male householders (8 living alone)), 35 female householders (22 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 63 2-persons, 27 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 12 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 30 1-person, 13 2-persons, 5 4-persons,
78 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (6 men, 8 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
Here: | 15.4% |
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% |