Hopewell township, Marshall County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 33.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 2.3 sq. mi.
Population: 552 (all rural)
| Males: 286 |  (51.8%) |
| Females: 266 |  (48.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 552 (471 owner occupied, 81 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 15% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Hopewell township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.3%
- Asian: 0.2%
Median age of males: 43.4
Median age of females: 43.0
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Average household size: 2.50
| Hopewell township: | 2.5 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.89
| Hopewell township: | $50,972 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $434 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $93,592 (it was $77,400 in 2000)
| : | $93,592 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 16 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 18.7% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 7.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Hopewell township: Lacon Country Club (A), Held (B), Hopewell Townhall (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Jason and Broadus Cemetery (1), Russell Cemetery (2), Harris Cemetery (3), Sawyer Cemetery (4), Greeves Cemetery (5), Forbes Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Billsbach Lake (A), Barnes Lake (B), Lake Wildwood (C), Wildwood Lake (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Shaw Creek (A), Brown Run (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
69% of Hopewell township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 392
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 112
- South: 29
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 235
- 3 or 4: 14
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 24
Median worth of mobile homes: $61,700
Housing units in Hopewell township with a mortgage: 29 (2 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 45
- Construction (33%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (28%)
- Fuel dealers (12%)
- Food (7%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Wood products (2%)
- Health care (29%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Food (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (20%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (14%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (10%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (14%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (10%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
- Food processing workers (9%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (7%)
- Personal appearance workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hopewell township:
- United States or American (33.6%)
- German (25.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (9.7%)
- English (7.1%)
- Irish (5.3%)
- Italian (4.4%)
- Polish (3.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 198 (80%)
- Carpooled: 17 (7%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 32 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (70%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Utility gas (6%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 550- In family households: 453 (131 male householders, 23 female householders)
131 spouses, 131 children (122 natural, 2 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 4 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 97 (32 male householders (22 living alone)), 50 female householders (46 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 80 2-persons, 35 3-persons, 35 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 68 1-person, 13 2-persons, 1 3-persons,
111 married couples with children.
7 single-parent households (4 men, 3 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: 2
| Here: | 40.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |