Richland township, Shelby County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 36.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 915 (all rural)
| Males: 428 |  (46.8%) |
| Females: 487 |  (53.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 812 (731 owner occupied, 81 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 10% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Richland township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.8%
- Black: 0.9%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 43.1
Median age of females: 47.9
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Average household size: 2.52
| Richland township: | 2.5 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.11
| Richland township: | $47,414 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $423 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $80,102 (it was $67,400 in 2000)
| : | $80,102 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 25 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 6.4% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Strasburg.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Point Lookout Cemetery (1), Middlesworth Cemetery (2), Richland Cemetery (3), Wade Cemetery (4), Walden Cemetery (5), Grace Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
65% of Richland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 851
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 28
- South: 25
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $29,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
103 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 335
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $82,000
Housing units in Richland township with a mortgage: 103 (5 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 137
- Machinery (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Construction (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Paper (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (5%)
- Paper (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Richland township:
- German (48.3%)
- United States or American (21.9%)
- Irish (10.4%)
- English (7.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.1%)
- Italian (2.5%)
- Dutch (1.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 350 (86%)
- Carpooled: 37 (9%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 17 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Wood (2%)
103 people in nursing homes
98.4% of residents of Richland township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 815- In family households: 719 (212 male householders, 40 female householders)
215 spouses, 240 children (218 natural, 5 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 5 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 96 (27 male householders (20 living alone)), 54 female householders (45 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 108 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 122 2-persons, 45 3-persons, 70 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 65 1-person, 16 2-persons,
171 married couples with children.
30 single-parent households (10 men, 20 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 7.6% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 7.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 15.6% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |