Richwood township, Jersey County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 37.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 702 (all rural)
Males: 358 | (51.0%) |
Females: 344 | (49.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 698 (588 owner occupied, 110 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 16% |
State: | 33% |
Races in Richwood township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.0%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
Median age of males: 37.6
Median age of females: 37.9
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Average household size: 2.74
Richwood township: | 2.7 people |
Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.07
Richwood township: | $56,186 |
Illinois: | $56,210 |
Here: | $477 |
State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $109,686 (it was $82,600 in 2000)
: | $109,686 |
Illinois: | $169,600 |
Population density: 19 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 8.1% |
Whole state: | 10.7% |
This township: | 7.1% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Fieldon.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Reddish Cemetery (1), Reddish-Dunham Ford Cemetery (2), Gunterman Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Haushalter Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
73% of Richwood township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 535
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 85
- South: 8
- West: 32
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $25,000
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: 0.4% of all households
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 203
- Mobile homes: 83
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,900
Housing units in Richwood township with a mortgage: 81 (3 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 38
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (19%)
- Finance and insurance (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Private households (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Electricians (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Registered nurses (13%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Customer service representatives (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Richwood township:
- German (40.7%)
- Irish (17.3%)
- English (6.9%)
- Italian (6.1%)
- United States or American (5.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.0%)
- European (1.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 247 (81%)
- Carpooled: 45 (15%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 10 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (78%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Wood (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Utility gas (2%)
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.9% of residents of Richwood township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 660- In family households: 581 (166 male householders, 29 female householders)
184 spouses, 187 children (174 natural, 4 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 1 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 79 (40 male householders (25 living alone)), 13 female householders (10 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 101 2-persons, 42 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 8 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 35 1-person, 9 2-persons, 1 3-persons, 8 4-persons,
139 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (2 men, 15 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
Here: | 16.1% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 11.4% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |