Harmony township, Hancock County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 37.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 421 (all rural)
Males: 225 | (53.4%) |
Females: 196 | (46.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 421 (352 owner occupied, 69 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 16% |
State: | 33% |
Races in Harmony township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.8%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
Median age of males: 34.0
Median age of females: 35.0
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Average household size: 2.73
Harmony township: | 2.7 people |
Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.15
Harmony township: | $43,471 |
Illinois: | $56,210 |
Here: | $414 |
State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $75,915 (it was $58,900 in 2000)
: | $75,915 |
Illinois: | $169,600 |
Population density: 11 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 1.7% |
Whole state: | 10.7% |
This township: | 1.1% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Bentley.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Harmony township include: Immanuel Church (A), Middle Creek Church (B), Mount Pleasant Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Browning Cemetery (1), Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery (2), Scott Cemetery (3), Ramsey Cemetery (4), Mount Pleasant Cemetery (5), Harmony Cemetery (6), Groves Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
70% of Harmony township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 82% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 29% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 275
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 65
- South: 12
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 129
- Mobile homes: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,200
Housing units in Harmony township with a mortgage: 23 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 17
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (43%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (10%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Utilities (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Social assistance (22%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (33%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Plant and system operators (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (12%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Secondary school teachers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harmony township:
- German (42.3%)
- United States or American (32.4%)
- Irish (16.9%)
- English (8.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 148 (73%)
- Carpooled: 27 (13%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 27 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (50%)
- Utility gas (29%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (8%)
- Electricity (4%)
98.1% of residents of Harmony township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 352- In family households: 318 (109 male householders, 13 female householders)
87 spouses, 106 children (99 natural, 7 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 34 (19 male householders (15 living alone)), 10 female householders (10 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 74 2-persons, 27 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 9 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 25 1-person, 4 2-persons,
107 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (9 men, 8 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% |