Forest City township, Mason County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 33.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 697 (all rural)
Males: 360 | (51.6%) |
Females: 337 | (48.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 697 (557 owner occupied, 140 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 20% |
State: | 33% |
Races in Forest City township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.4%
- Black: 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 38.3
Median age of females: 38.9
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Average household size: 2.81
Forest City township: | 2.8 people |
Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.09
Forest City township: | $41,823 |
Illinois: | $56,210 |
Here: | $414 |
State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $76,380 (it was $59,600 in 2000)
: | $76,380 |
Illinois: | $169,600 |
Population density: 21 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 5.7% |
Whole state: | 10.7% |
This township: | 4.1% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Forest City.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Bishop Cemetery (1), Pleasant Hill Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
79% of Forest City township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 598
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 36
- South: 59
- West: 36
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $25,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 251
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 26
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,800
Housing units in Forest City township with a mortgage: 93 (3 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 92
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Machinery (16%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Construction (9%)
- Beverage and tobacco products (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Finance and insurance (15%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (14%)
- Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (23%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (17%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (15%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Forest City township:
- German (29.5%)
- Irish (21.3%)
- United States or American (21.0%)
- English (4.8%)
- Albanian (4.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.3%)
- Scottish (3.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 241 (81%)
- Carpooled: 31 (10%)
- Walked: 16 (5%)
- Worked at home: 8 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (87%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.8% of residents of Forest City township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 734- In family households: 666 (195 male householders, 15 female householders)
194 spouses, 198 children (163 natural, 15 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 13 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 68 (32 male householders (21 living alone)), 25 female householders (25 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 85 2-persons, 33 3-persons, 56 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 46 1-person, 11 2-persons,
136 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (6 men, 12 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: 5
Here: | 23.8% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |