Durham township, Hancock County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 36.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 302 (all rural)
Males: 158 | (52.3%) |
Females: 144 | (47.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 302 (238 owner occupied, 64 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 21% |
State: | 33% |
Races in Durham township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
Median age of males: 39.3
Median age of females: 43.0
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Average household size: 2.72
Durham township: | 2.7 people |
Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.14
Durham township: | $43,471 |
Illinois: | $56,210 |
Here: | $414 |
State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $75,915 (it was $58,900 in 2000)
: | $75,915 |
Illinois: | $169,600 |
Population density: 8 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 7.5% |
Whole state: | 10.7% |
This township: | 1.4% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Vandruff Cemetery (1), Gittings Mound Cemetery (2), Gittings Cemetery (3), Durham Cemetery (4), Byley Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: La Harpe Reservoir (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Creeks: Tilton Creek (A), Spring Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
71% of Durham 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, 44% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 188
- Northeast: 1
- Midwest: 85
- South: 5
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 121
Housing units in Durham township with a mortgage: 26 (4 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 16
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (31%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (17%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (16%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Construction (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Transportation equipment (17%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (8%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (24%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (20%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (11%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Secondary school teachers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (17%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (12%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (10%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Durham township:
- German (40.9%)
- Irish (21.6%)
- Swedish (12.5%)
- English (8.0%)
- United States or American (5.7%)
- Australian (4.5%)
- French (except Basque) (3.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 134 (88%)
- Carpooled: 10 (7%)
- Worked at home: 8 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (75%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Wood (8%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Electricity (4%)
94.6% of residents of Durham township speak English at home.
5.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 281- In family households: 262 (81 male householders, 5 female householders)
73 spouses, 98 children (73 natural, 10 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 19 (3 male householders (0 living alone)), 13 female householders (13 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 38 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 24 4-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 13 1-person, 3 2-persons,
65 married couples with children.
7 single-parent households (5 men, 2 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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |