Harter township, Clay County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Harter township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
60% of Harter township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5215
- Northeast: 46
- Midwest: 437
- South: 351
- West: 137
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $23,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Harter township, Illinois:
- 164 people in nursing homes
- 58 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 20 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,154
- One, attached: 25
- Two: 98
- 3 or 4: 112
- 5 to 9: 115
- 20 to 49: 10
- Mobile homes: 365
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,200
Housing units in Harter township with a mortgage: 742 (73 second mortgage, 25 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 740
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Construction (7%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Printing and related support activities (3%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harter township:
- United States or American (35.2%)
- German (20.2%)
- English (11.8%)
- Irish (11.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.2%)
- Italian (2.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (36%)
- Japan (22%)
- Canada (22%)
- Greece (13%)
- Germany (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,183 (81%)
- Carpooled: 305 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 21 (1%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 58 (2%)
- Other means: 20 (1%)
- Worked at home: 109 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (3%)
People in group quarters in Harter township, Illinois:
- 164 people in nursing homes
- 58 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 20 people in other nonhousehold living situations
97.0% of residents of Harter township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 37% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,056- In family households: 5,053 (1,352 male householders, 337 female householders)
1,326 spouses, 1,764 children (1,560 natural, 13 adopted, 191 stepchildren), 91 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 23 parents, 50 other relatives, 92 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,003 (303 male householders (281 living alone)), 618 female householders (560 living alone)), 82 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 241 (221 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 801 2-persons, 402 3-persons, 295 4-persons, 141 5-persons, 31 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 841 1-person, 73 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
1,044 married couples with children.
356 single-parent households (95 men, 261 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): 5
| Here: | 1.4% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 4.8% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |