Elkhorn township, Brown County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 37.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 285 (all rural)
| Males: 151 |  (53.0%) |
| Females: 134 |  (47.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 285 (235 owner occupied, 50 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 18% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Elkhorn township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.5%
- Black: 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.7%
- Asian: 0.4%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.7%
- Hispanic or Latino: 0.7%
- Some other race: 0.7%
Median age of males: 41.1
Median age of females: 42.7
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Average household size: 2.48
| Elkhorn township: | 2.5 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.80
| Elkhorn township: | $41,758 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $428 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $77,776 (it was $50,800 in 2000)
| : | $77,776 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $106,563
Here: $106,563 State: $228,842
Townhouses or other attached units: $164,851
Here: $164,851 State: $200,693
Mobile homes: $26,753
Here: $26,753 State: $36,193
| Population density: 8 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Elkhorn township: Zion Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Dearborn Cemetery (1), Gilbirds Cemetery (2), Hebron Cemetery (3), Law Cemetery (4), Marden Cemetery (5), Newenham Cemetery (6), Reeves Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Dixon Pond (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Avery Branch (A), Dry Fork (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
60% of Elkhorn township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 19% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 270
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 30
- South: 40
- West: 7
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 139
- Mobile homes: 26
Median worth of mobile homes: $85,000
Housing units in Elkhorn township with a mortgage: 15 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (20%)
- Utilities (13%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Paper (6%)
- Public administration (33%)
- Transportation equipment (17%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Personal and laundry services (10%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
- Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (13%)
- Registered nurses (11%)
- Secondary school teachers (10%)
- Personal appearance workers (10%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elkhorn township:
- United States or American (29.5%)
- Irish (27.2%)
- German (21.8%)
- Polish (5.7%)
- English (5.4%)
- Slovak (1.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 159 (84%)
- Carpooled: 11 (6%)
- Walked: 15 (8%)
- Worked at home: 5 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (80%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Utility gas (5%)
95.4% of residents of Elkhorn township speak English at home.
4.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 347- In family households: 316 (91 male householders, 16 female householders)
95 spouses, 111 children (76 natural, 15 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 31 (31 male householders (31 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 46 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 41 4-persons, 5 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 31 1-person,
50 married couples with children.
7 single-parent households (7 men, 0 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% |