Manito township, Mason County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 43.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 2,522 (all rural)
Males: 1,277 | (50.6%) |
Females: 1,245 | (49.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 2,517 (2,004 owner occupied, 513 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 20% |
State: | 33% |
Races in Manito township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.7%
- Black: 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 37.5
Median age of females: 38.7
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Average household size: 2.55
Manito township: | 2.5 people |
Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.95
Manito township: | $41,823 |
Illinois: | $56,210 |
Here: | $414 |
State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $76,380 (it was $59,600 in 2000)
: | $76,380 |
Illinois: | $169,600 |
Population density: 58 people per square mile | (average). |
This township: | 8.0% |
Whole state: | 10.7% |
This township: | 4.6% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Manito.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Manito township include: Union Church (A), Egypt Union Church (B), Saint Pauls Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Meadow Lawn Cemetery (1), Albright Cemetery (2), Coon Grove Cemetery (3), Langston Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
65% of Manito township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 92% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2204
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 139
- South: 132
- West: 26
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 859
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 18
- 5 to 9: 6
- 10 to 19: 23
- Mobile homes: 113
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,200
Housing units in Manito township with a mortgage: 400 (63 second mortgage, 58 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 212
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Manito township:
- German (41.2%)
- United States or American (14.9%)
- Irish (10.2%)
- English (10.2%)
- Dutch (2.4%)
- Italian (2.3%)
- Scottish (2.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 943 (83%)
- Carpooled: 134 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 33 (3%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 21 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.3% of residents of Manito township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,520- In family households: 2,205 (628 male householders, 112 female householders)
644 spouses, 714 children (617 natural, 37 adopted, 60 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 8 other relatives, 47 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 315 (133 male householders (82 living alone)), 121 female householders (112 living alone)), 61 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 5 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 351 2-persons, 161 3-persons, 153 4-persons, 54 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 194 1-person, 49 2-persons, 11 3-persons,
478 married couples with children.
106 single-parent households (22 men, 84 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
Here: | 1.4% |
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: 15
Here: | 24.6% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |