Shawnee township, Gallatin County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 23.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.8 sq. mi.
Population: 353 (all rural)
| Males: 173 |  (49.0%) |
| Females: 180 |  (51.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 353 (282 owner occupied, 71 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 20% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Shawnee township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
Median age of males: 35.1
Median age of females: 33.5
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Average household size: 2.74
| Shawnee township: | 2.7 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.21
| Shawnee township: | $39,913 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $253 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $56,843 (it was $42,700 in 2000)
| : | $56,843 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 15 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 35.5% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 9.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Old Shawneetown.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Immaculate Conception Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Lakes and swamps: Fehrer Lake (A), Long Pond (B), Big Lake (C), Black Lake (D), Round Pond (E), Fish Lake (F), Cattail Slough (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Running Slough (A). Display/hide its location on the map
72% of Shawnee township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 261
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 43
- South: 28
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 97
- Mobile homes: 113
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Shawnee township with a mortgage: 14 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 14
- Truck transportation (25%)
- Wood products (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Health care (29%)
- Food and beverage stores (15%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Food (7%)
- Warehousing and storage (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (35%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Cashiers (15%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (13%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shawnee township:
- English (14.5%)
- United States or American (14.5%)
- German (14.1%)
- Swedish (4.5%)
- Irish (3.2%)
- Italian (2.7%)
- Dutch (1.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 75 (66%)
- Carpooled: 36 (32%)
- Walked: 2 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (54%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Wood (4%)
95.6% of residents of Shawnee township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 355- In family households: 300 (53 male householders, 42 female householders)
61 spouses, 113 children (101 natural, 0 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 5 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 55 (19 male householders (15 living alone)), 25 female householders (19 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 34 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 16 4-persons, 3 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 34 1-person, 10 2-persons,
61 married couples with children.
31 single-parent households (6 men, 25 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 3.5% |
| 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% |