Flat Branch township, Shelby County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 33.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 463 (all rural)
Males: 243 | (52.5%) |
Females: 220 | (47.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 463 (366 owner occupied, 97 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 21% |
State: | 33% |
Races in Flat Branch township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 1.9%
Median age of males: 35.7
Median age of females: 36.5
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Average household size: 2.88
Flat Branch township: | 2.9 people |
Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.18
Flat Branch 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: 14 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 1.4% |
Whole state: | 10.7% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Flat Branch township include: Fame Evangelical Church (A), Little Flock Church (B), Mount Pleasant Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Bethany Cemetery (1), Masonic Cemetery (2), Salem Cemetery (3), Ludwig Cemetery (4), Little Flock Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Lake Fork (A), Sorghum Branch (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
79% of Flat Branch township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 351
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 22
- South: 47
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $72,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 153
- One, attached: 6
- Mobile homes: 5
Housing units in Flat Branch township with a mortgage: 61 (0 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 36
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Warehousing and storage (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Finance and insurance (14%)
- Health care (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (7%)
- Fuel dealers (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (11%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other construction workers and helpers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (26%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (16%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (10%)
- Customer service representatives (9%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Flat Branch township:
- German (28.0%)
- Irish (20.1%)
- English (14.2%)
- Czech (7.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (7.1%)
- United States or American (7.1%)
- Scottish (5.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 220 (87%)
- Carpooled: 4 (2%)
- Walked: 13 (5%)
- Other means: 6 (2%)
- Worked at home: 11 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (74%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Utility gas (3%)
95.9% of residents of Flat Branch township speak English at home.
4.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 424- In family households: 397 (116 male householders, 13 female householders)
126 spouses, 131 children (131 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 27 (14 male householders (14 living alone)), 13 female householders (13 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 51 2-persons, 34 3-persons, 25 4-persons, 19 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 27 1-person,
108 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (3 men, 11 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: 4
Here: | 30.8% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |