South Ross township, Vermilion County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 53.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,109 (all rural)
| Males: 561 |  (50.6%) |
| Females: 548 |  (49.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,109 (874 owner occupied, 235 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 21% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in South Ross township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.5%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.3%
Median age of males: 35.2
Median age of females: 35.0
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Average household size: 2.79
| South Ross township: | 2.8 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.13
| South Ross township: | $45,089 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $440 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $72,000 (it was $54,600 in 2000)
| : | $72,000 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 21 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 6.1% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Alvin, Alvan, Henning.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Gundy Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Middle Branch (A), Painter Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
71% of South Ross township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 81% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 29% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 903
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 71
- South: 70
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $40,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 355
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 10
- Mobile homes: 50
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,600
Housing units in South Ross township with a mortgage: 156 (13 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 75
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Construction (12%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- U. S. Postal service (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Food (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Ross township:
- German (22.5%)
- English (22.2%)
- United States or American (14.6%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- French (except Basque) (4.5%)
- European (2.6%)
- Swedish (2.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 396 (81%)
- Carpooled: 44 (9%)
- Walked: 25 (5%)
- Other means: 11 (2%)
- Worked at home: 14 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (52%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
99.2% of residents of South Ross township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,068- In family households: 970 (259 male householders, 57 female householders)
239 spouses, 343 children (309 natural, 9 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 11 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 98 (30 male householders (23 living alone)), 49 female householders (38 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 126 2-persons, 69 3-persons, 66 4-persons, 47 5-persons, 8 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 61 1-person, 18 2-persons,
237 married couples with children.
58 single-parent households (18 men, 40 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): 2
| Here: | 3.3% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 9.1% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |