Mercer township, Mercer County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 35.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 4,172 (86% urban, 14% rural)
| Males: 1,945 |  (46.6%) |
| Females: 2,227 |  (53.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 3,959 (3,086 owner occupied, 873 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 22% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Mercer township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.9%
- Black: 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
- Some other race: 0.0%
Median age of males: 42.7
Median age of females: 44.8
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Average household size: 2.34
| Mercer township: | 2.3 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.87
| Mercer township: | $52,587 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $411 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $91,266 (it was $70,900 in 2000)
| : | $91,266 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 118 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 8.0% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Aledo.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Mercer County Fair Ground (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Artz Cemetery (1), Sugar Grove Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: Dellitt Lake (A), Fools Lake (B), Swearingen Lake (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Dugout Run (A). Display/hide its location on the map
61% of Mercer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3141
- Northeast: 43
- Midwest: 799
- South: 79
- West: 66
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $49,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Mercer township, Illinois:
- 164 people in nursing homes
- 29 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 20 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 20 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,499
- One, attached: 19
- Two: 63
- 3 or 4: 69
- 5 to 9: 47
- 10 to 19: 22
- 20 to 49: 6
- 50 or more: 52
Housing units in Mercer township with a mortgage: 621 (83 second mortgage, 78 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 491
- Construction (19%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mercer township:
- German (27.7%)
- United States or American (16.8%)
- English (15.8%)
- Swedish (10.7%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.8%)
- Belgian (2.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,566 (85%)
- Carpooled: 145 (8%)
- Walked: 43 (2%)
- Other means: 31 (2%)
- Worked at home: 53 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (83%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Mercer township, Illinois:
- 164 people in nursing homes
- 29 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 20 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 20 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
98.4% of residents of Mercer township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (10% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 74% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,916- In family households: 3,324 (889 male householders, 270 female householders)
944 spouses, 1,063 children (924 natural, 42 adopted, 97 stepchildren), 51 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 26 other relatives, 46 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 592 (143 male householders (129 living alone)), 384 female householders (359 living alone)), 65 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 212 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 622 2-persons, 240 3-persons, 177 4-persons, 93 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 488 1-person, 32 2-persons, 7 5-persons,
699 married couples with children.
183 single-parent households (44 men, 139 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| 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: 5
| Here: | 4.8% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |