Waynesville township, De Witt County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 24.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 687 (all rural)
Males: 343 | (49.9%) |
Females: 344 | (50.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 687 (608 owner occupied, 79 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 11% |
State: | 33% |
Races in Waynesville township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.1%
- Black: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
Median age of males: 38.9
Median age of females: 38.5
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Average household size: 2.54
Waynesville township: | 2.5 people |
Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.95
Waynesville township: | $50,523 |
Illinois: | $56,210 |
Here: | $432 |
State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $99,639 (it was $75,400 in 2000)
: | $99,639 |
Illinois: | $169,600 |
Population density: 28 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 7.2% |
Whole state: | 10.7% |
This township: | 2.7% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Waynesville.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Big Grove Cemetery (1), Rock Creek Cemetery (2), Halsey Cemetery (3), Fairview Cemetery (4), Union Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Long Point Creek (A), Rock Creek (B), Prairie Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
59% of Waynesville township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 92% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 616
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 22
- South: 20
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $28,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 261
- Mobile homes: 32
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,200
Housing units in Waynesville township with a mortgage: 94 (6 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 90
- Machinery (10%)
- Plastics and rubber products (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Construction (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Finance and insurance (20%)
- Health care (11%)
- Gasoline stations (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Waynesville township:
- German (30.9%)
- English (22.3%)
- United States or American (21.3%)
- Irish (11.6%)
- French (except Basque) (5.1%)
- Italian (2.3%)
- French Canadian (1.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 265 (83%)
- Carpooled: 44 (14%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 7 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Electricity (5%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 669- In family households: 565 (156 male householders, 25 female householders)
159 spouses, 191 children (182 natural, 2 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 15 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 104 (52 male householders (42 living alone)), 33 female householders (26 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 86 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 40 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 68 1-person, 15 2-persons, 2 5-persons,
119 married couples with children.
44 single-parent households (28 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
Here: | 4.7% |
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% |