Portland township, Whiteside County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 34.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.8 sq. mi.
Population: 437 (all rural)
| Males: 228 |  (52.2%) |
| Females: 209 |  (47.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 437 (347 owner occupied, 90 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 21% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Portland township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.7%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 1.1%
Median age of males: 38.4
Median age of females: 37.3
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Average household size: 2.78
| Portland township: | 2.8 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.10
| Portland township: | $47,792 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $485 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $92,475 (it was $75,700 in 2000)
| : | $92,475 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $127,417
Here: $127,417 State: $228,842
Townhouses or other attached units: $168,346
Here: $168,346 State: $200,693
In 2-unit structures: $235,074
Here: $235,074 State: $206,569
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $169,047
Here: $169,047 State: $240,302
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $110,052
Here: $110,052 State: $222,493
Mobile homes: $60,875
Here: $60,875 State: $36,193
| Population density: 13 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 11.8% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Portland township: Sharon Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Sharon Church Cemetery (1), Shady Town Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Canoe Creek (A), Portland Creek (B), Hadaway Slough (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Portland township: Big Bend State Conservation Area (1). Display/hide its location on the map
69% of Portland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 328
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 64
- South: 40
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $89,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 155
- Mobile homes: 23
Median worth of mobile homes: $103,800
Housing units in Portland township with a mortgage: 49 (0 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 31
- Metal and metal products (36%)
- Machinery (25%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (16%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (15%)
- Gasoline stations (13%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (8%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (19%)
- Engineers (15%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (16%)
- Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations (13%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (13%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Portland township:
- German (39.5%)
- English (13.8%)
- United States or American (8.1%)
- Swedish (5.9%)
- Irish (4.9%)
- Scottish (4.6%)
- Belgian (4.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 161 (89%)
- Carpooled: 11 (6%)
- Other means: 3 (2%)
- Worked at home: 6 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (62%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Wood (12%)
- Utility gas (11%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 442- In family households: 401 (120 male householders, 25 female householders)
114 spouses, 124 children (124 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 13 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 41 (21 male householders (21 living alone)), 20 female householders (20 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 74 2-persons, 35 3-persons, 16 4-persons, 20 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 41 1-person,
101 married couples with children.
12 single-parent households (10 men, 2 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% |