Hoosier township, Clay County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 35.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 357 (all rural)
| Males: 174 |  (48.7%) |
| Females: 183 |  (51.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 357 (309 owner occupied, 48 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Hoosier township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.7%
- Asian: 0.3%
Median age of males: 39.8
Median age of females: 38.8
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Average household size: 2.53
| Hoosier township: | 2.5 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.82
| Hoosier township: | $40,220 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $341 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $70,054 (it was $50,200 in 2000)
| : | $70,054 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 10 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 10.2% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Hoosier Town Hall (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Hoosier township include: Pleasant Hill Church (A), Hoosier Prairie Baptist Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: White Cemetery (1), McKnight Cemetery (2), Number Four Cemetery (3), Kinnamon Cemetery (4), Dillman Cemetery (5), Hoosier Prairie Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Spring Branch (A). Display/hide its location on the map
80% of Hoosier township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 237
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 16
- South: 10
- West: 3
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 123
- Mobile homes: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,400
Housing units in Hoosier township with a mortgage: 17 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 27
- Construction (19%)
- Transportation equipment (18%)
- Printing and related support activities (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (11%)
- Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (8%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Public administration (26%)
- Computer and electronic products (14%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (14%)
- U. S. Postal service (9%)
- Printing and related support activities (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (11%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Electricians (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (20%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (14%)
- Registered nurses (11%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hoosier township:
- United States or American (37.2%)
- German (24.4%)
- Irish (7.1%)
- English (6.4%)
- British (4.5%)
- French (except Basque) (4.5%)
- Dutch (3.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 137 (96%)
- Worked at home: 5 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (78%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (2%)
98.2% of residents of Hoosier township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 275- In family households: 222 (73 male householders, 16 female householders)
82 spouses, 48 children (48 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 53 (18 male householders (3 living alone)), 20 female householders (20 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 61 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 4 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 23 1-person, 15 2-persons,
61 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (3 men, 15 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% |