Honey Creek township, Crawford County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 48.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,566 (all rural)
Males: 772 | (49.3%) |
Females: 794 | (50.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,566 (1,422 owner occupied, 144 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 9% |
State: | 33% |
Races in Honey Creek township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.5%
- Black: 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 39.3
Median age of females: 39.5
Discuss Illinois on our huge forum. We have over 16 million posts!
Average household size: 2.63
Honey Creek township: | 2.6 people |
Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.05
Honey Creek township: | $45,738 |
Illinois: | $56,210 |
Here: | $397 |
State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $71,264 (it was $53,900 in 2000)
: | $71,264 |
Illinois: | $169,600 |
Population density: 33 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 17.3% |
Whole state: | 10.7% |
This township: | 4.8% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Flat Rock.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Honey Creek township: Holmes Farms (A), Triple F Farms (B), Rich Pork Farm (C), Newell Farms (D), Shady Lane Fish Farm (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Honey Creek township include: Pearl Chapel United Methodist Church (A), Union Church (B), New Hebron Baptist Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Beckwith Cemetery (1), Cecedar Cemetery (2), Jones Cemetery (3), Nuttle Cemetery (4), Port Jackson Cemetery (5), Rich Cemetery (6), Swearingen Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Sugar Creek (A), Painter Fork (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
61% of Honey Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1145
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 381
- South: 90
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 533
- One, attached: 4
- Mobile homes: 101
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,900
Housing units in Honey Creek township with a mortgage: 202 (20 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 124
- Construction (13%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Petroleum and coal products (9%)
- Food (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- U. S. Postal service (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Honey Creek township:
- United States or American (35.8%)
- German (33.9%)
- English (8.0%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
- French (except Basque) (1.4%)
- European (1.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 678 (90%)
- Carpooled: 34 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 35 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Utility gas (39%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (8%)
- Other fuel (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
92.0% of residents of Honey Creek township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
6.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,651- In family households: 1,467 (436 male householders, 36 female householders)
406 spouses, 520 children (452 natural, 19 adopted, 49 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 10 other relatives, 29 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 184 (86 male householders (67 living alone)), 62 female householders (54 living alone)), 36 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 216 2-persons, 86 3-persons, 103 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 121 1-person, 21 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
331 married couples with children.
46 single-parent households (11 men, 35 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
Here: | 14.1% |
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% |