Maine township, Grundy County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 18.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 242 (all rural)
| Males: 122 |  (50.4%) |
| Females: 120 |  (49.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 242 (186 owner occupied, 56 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 23% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Maine township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 94.6%
- Two or more races: 1.2%
Median age of males: 38.3
Median age of females: 38.7
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Average household size: 2.75
| Maine township: | 2.8 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.23
| Maine township: | $64,449 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $785 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $169,507 (it was $125,300 in 2000)
| : | $169,507 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 13 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 11.5% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
River: West Fork Mazon River (A). Display/hide its location on the map
48% of Maine township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 230
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 7
- South: 4
- West: 3
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 82
- 10 to 19: 2
Housing units in Maine township with a mortgage: 25 (11 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 20
- Construction (16%)
- Public administration (15%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Petroleum and coal products (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Health care (29%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (13%)
- Paper (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- U. S. Postal service (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (14%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (11%)
- Plant and system operators (11%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (31%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Customer service representatives (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Maine township:
- German (24.4%)
- Irish (22.0%)
- English (9.3%)
- Norwegian (7.8%)
- Slovene (6.3%)
- Polish (5.9%)
- Swedish (5.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 110 (86%)
- Carpooled: 13 (10%)
- Worked at home: 5 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Utility gas (32%)
- Electricity (17%)
97.3% of residents of Maine township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 244- In family households: 227 (66 male householders, 8 female householders)
55 spouses, 90 children (81 natural, 0 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 6 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 17 (14 male householders (14 living alone)), 2 female householders (0 living alone)), 1 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 31 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 14 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 14 1-person, 2 2-persons,
50 married couples with children.
10 single-parent households (1 men, 9 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% |