Herrick township, Shelby County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 17.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 687 (all rural)
| Males: 351 |  (51.1%) |
| Females: 336 |  (48.9%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 687 (560 owner occupied, 127 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 18% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Herrick township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.1%
- Two or more races: 0.3%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 34.4
Median age of females: 35.0
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Average household size: 2.62
| Herrick township: | 2.6 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.16
| Herrick 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: 40 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 18.8% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 7.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Herrick.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Rhodes Cemetery (1), Myers Cemetery (2), Prairie Union Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Polecat Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
58% of Herrick township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 634
- Northeast: 1
- Midwest: 34
- South: 13
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.8% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 167
- Mobile homes: 120
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,500
Housing units in Herrick township with a mortgage: 54 (0 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 51
- Construction (19%)
- Machinery (13%)
- Paper (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (34%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Paper (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Herrick township:
- German (35.9%)
- United States or American (26.8%)
- Irish (8.6%)
- English (8.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.3%)
- Dutch (1.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 148 (67%)
- Carpooled: 57 (26%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (2%)
- Walked: 5 (2%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 6 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (79%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (4%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
98.2% of residents of Herrick township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 692- In family households: 606 (169 male householders, 20 female householders)
156 spouses, 221 children (194 natural, 0 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 13 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 86 (37 male householders (30 living alone)), 39 female householders (36 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 73 2-persons, 51 3-persons, 35 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 66 1-person, 10 2-persons,
146 married couples with children.
45 single-parent households (10 men, 35 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 9.9% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 11.8% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |