Pixley township, Clay County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 45.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 765 (all rural)
Males: 354 | (46.3%) |
Females: 411 | (53.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 627 (575 owner occupied, 52 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 8% |
State: | 33% |
Races in Pixley township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.5%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 49.9
Median age of females: 53.3
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Average household size: 2.53
Pixley township: | 2.5 people |
Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.08
Pixley 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: 17 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 9.4% |
Whole state: | 10.7% |
This township: | 5.3% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Sailor Springs.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Wesley Cemetery (1), Woods Cemetery (2), Leonard Cemetery (3), Levitte Cemetery (4), McKinney Cemetery (5), Weidner Cemetery (6), Wachtel Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: East Fork Wetweather Creek (A), Weather Creek (B), West Fork Wetweather Creek (C), Hurricane Creek (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
82% of Pixley township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 95% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 729
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 42
- South: 21
- West: 3
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
138 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 210
- Mobile homes: 68
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,900
Housing units in Pixley township with a mortgage: 57 (0 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 73
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Construction (18%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (9%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Finance and insurance (14%)
- Apparel (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Health care (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (12%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pixley township:
- German (43.3%)
- United States or American (37.7%)
- English (7.3%)
- Irish (4.6%)
- Dutch (2.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (0.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 294 (79%)
- Carpooled: 53 (14%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 18 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (73%)
- Wood (12%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
138 people in nursing homes
99.5% of residents of Pixley township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 662- In family households: 537 (154 male householders, 22 female householders)
146 spouses, 172 children (167 natural, 0 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 125 (59 male householders (47 living alone)), 41 female householders (34 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 137 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 80 2-persons, 38 3-persons, 34 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 81 1-person, 15 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
105 married couples with children.
26 single-parent households (11 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% |