Shaws Point township, Macoupin County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 34.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 490 (all rural)
| Males: 255 |  (52.0%) |
| Females: 235 |  (48.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 490 (411 owner occupied, 79 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 16% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Shaws Point township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.0%
- Black: 0.2%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
- Some other race: 0.2%
Median age of males: 40.1
Median age of females: 40.3
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Average household size: 2.62
| Shaws Point township: | 2.6 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.01
| Shaws Point township: | $50,364 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $439 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $87,358 (it was $67,200 in 2000)
| : | $87,358 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 14 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 3.3% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Shaws Point township: Rural Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Bethel Ridge Cemetery (1), Yowell Cemetery (2), Rural Methodist Cemetery (3), Gray Family Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: Schoper Lake (A), Standard City Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Shearles Branch (A), Shaw Point Branch (B), Cottonwood Creek (C), Sugar Creek (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
83% of Shaws Point township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 100% lived in this county.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 371
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 35
- South: 15
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 169
- Mobile homes: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,300
Housing units in Shaws Point township with a mortgage: 46 (10 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 24
- Construction (13%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- U. S. Postal service (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Health care (15%)
- Finance and insurance (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (15%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (10%)
- Construction laborers (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Other transportation workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (18%)
- Health technologists and technicians (11%)
- Lawyers (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shaws Point township:
- German (46.0%)
- English (14.7%)
- Italian (12.5%)
- United States or American (6.5%)
- French (except Basque) (5.7%)
- Irish (4.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 261 (95%)
- Carpooled: 8 (3%)
- Worked at home: 6 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (88%)
- Electricity (13%)
96.2% of residents of Shaws Point township speak English at home.
3.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (13% speak English very well, 88% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 421- In family households: 363 (116 male householders, 15 female householders)
107 spouses, 118 children (118 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 58 (23 male householders (17 living alone)), 30 female householders (30 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 56 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 29 4-persons, 10 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 47 1-person, 6 2-persons,
105 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (1 men, 7 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: 8
| Here: | 20.5% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |