Spring Grove township, Warren County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 36.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 1,120 (all rural)
Males: 546 | (48.8%) |
Females: 574 | (51.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,120 (885 owner occupied, 235 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 21% |
State: | 33% |
Races in Spring Grove township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.4%
- Black: 0.6%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 44.1
Median age of females: 44.6
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Average household size: 2.29
Spring Grove township: | 2.3 people |
Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.77
Spring Grove township: | $43,086 |
Illinois: | $56,210 |
Here: | $418 |
State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $75,822 (it was $60,000 in 2000)
: | $75,822 |
Illinois: | $169,600 |
Population density: 30 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 5.9% |
Whole state: | 10.7% |
This township: | 1.4% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Alexis.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Spring Grove Cemetery (1), Gerlaw Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: Roney Lake (A), Lake Warren (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Middle Henderson Creek (A), Toms Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Spring Grove township: Spring Grove Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve (1). Display/hide its location on the map
76% of Spring Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% 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: 937
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 145
- South: 42
- West: 9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 501
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 3
- 5 to 9: 7
- 10 to 19: 13
- Mobile homes: 88
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,000
Housing units in Spring Grove township with a mortgage: 104 (8 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 199
- Construction (11%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Food (7%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Rail transportation (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Spring Grove township:
- German (21.2%)
- English (16.0%)
- Swedish (14.9%)
- Irish (13.4%)
- United States or American (10.0%)
- European (6.6%)
- Dutch (2.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 443 (87%)
- Carpooled: 42 (8%)
- Walked: 10 (2%)
- Worked at home: 15 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Wood (1%)
98.3% of residents of Spring Grove township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English well, 40% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,147- In family households: 966 (286 male householders, 59 female householders)
270 spouses, 304 children (265 natural, 5 adopted, 34 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 7 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 181 (76 male householders (63 living alone)), 88 female householders (88 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 189 2-persons, 66 3-persons, 56 4-persons, 15 5-persons, 19 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 151 1-person, 13 2-persons,
169 married couples with children.
49 single-parent households (21 men, 28 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here: | 1.8% |
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: 7
Here: | 20.0% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |