Greenfield township, Grundy County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 17.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.4 sq. mi.
Population: 940 (all rural)
| Males: 454 |  (48.3%) |
| Females: 486 |  (51.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 939 (771 owner occupied, 168 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 18% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Greenfield township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.2%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.7%
Median age of males: 39.3
Median age of females: 38.9
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Average household size: 2.46
| Greenfield township: | 2.5 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.00
| Greenfield township: | $64,449 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $785 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $169,507 (it was $125,300 in 2000)
| : | $169,507 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 53 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 7.8% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: South Wilmington, East Brooklyn.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Streams, rivers, and creeks: East Fork Mazon River (A), Reddick Run (B), Gooseberry Creek (C), Granary Creek (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Greenfield township: Mazonia State Fish and Wildlife Area (1). Display/hide its location on the map
74% of Greenfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 97% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 848
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 36
- South: 22
- West: 14
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 404
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $137,500
Housing units in Greenfield township with a mortgage: 117 (12 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 189
- Construction (25%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Carpenters (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Electricians (6%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Secondary school teachers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Greenfield township:
- Italian (36.4%)
- German (12.3%)
- Irish (11.1%)
- English (8.1%)
- Polish (6.3%)
- Norwegian (4.9%)
- Danish (3.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 377 (85%)
- Carpooled: 55 (12%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 8 (2%)
- Worked at home: 4 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
96.9% of residents of Greenfield township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 934- In family households: 777 (224 male householders, 19 female householders)
216 spouses, 281 children (276 natural, 3 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 8 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 157 (68 male householders (47 living alone)), 58 female householders (55 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 103 2-persons, 41 3-persons, 69 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 102 1-person, 21 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 1 5-persons,
158 married couples with children.
48 single-parent households (14 men, 34 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% |