Plum Hill township, Washington County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 37.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 541 (all rural)
Males: 286 | (52.9%) |
Females: 255 | (47.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 541 (484 owner occupied, 57 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 11% |
State: | 33% |
Races in Plum Hill township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.6%
Median age of males: 40.3
Median age of females: 40.7
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Average household size: 2.67
Plum Hill township: | 2.7 people |
Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.02
Plum Hill township: | $52,286 |
Illinois: | $56,210 |
Here: | $406 |
State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $100,383 (it was $74,000 in 2000)
: | $100,383 |
Illinois: | $169,600 |
Population density: 14 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 2.2% |
Whole state: | 10.7% |
This township: | 1.3% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Neunlist Cemetery (1), Saint Johns Evangelical Cemetery (2), Kinyon Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Brushy Creek (A), Weaver Creek (B), Williams Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
75% of Plum Hill township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 450
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 78
- South: 11
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
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: 196
- Mobile homes: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,600
Housing units in Plum Hill township with a mortgage: 61 (5 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 46
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Public administration (16%)
- Health care (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Personal and laundry services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (24%)
- Personal appearance workers (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Plum Hill township:
- German (76.7%)
- United States or American (9.3%)
- English (4.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
- Irish (1.6%)
- Polish (1.4%)
- Dutch (0.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 260 (88%)
- Carpooled: 10 (3%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 23 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Utility gas (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
98.0% of residents of Plum Hill township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 541- In family households: 480 (146 male householders, 6 female householders)
150 spouses, 155 children (143 natural, 0 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 61 (28 male householders (26 living alone)), 31 female householders (31 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 54 2-persons, 27 3-persons, 50 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 57 1-person, 2 2-persons,
106 married couples with children.
13 single-parent households (11 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
Here: | 11.8% |
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% |