Oconee township, Shelby County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 55.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 848 (all rural)
| Males: 430 |  (50.7%) |
| Females: 418 |  (49.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 848 (762 owner occupied, 86 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 10% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Oconee township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.0%
- Black: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.9%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
Median age of males: 39.3
Median age of females: 39.3
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Average household size: 2.69
| Oconee township: | 2.7 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.97
| Oconee township: | $47,414 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $423 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $80,102 (it was $67,400 in 2000)
| : | $80,102 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 15 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 7.5% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Oconee.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Oconee township include: Hopewell Baptist Church (A), Center Community Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Mount Cemetery (1), Oconee Mound Cemetery (2), Price Cemetery (3), Sacred Heart Cemetery (4), Clark Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Boy Scout Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Coal Creek (A), Matney Branch (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
74% of Oconee township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 16% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 86% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 804
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 14
- South: 22
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $20,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
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: 276
- 3 or 4: 10
- Mobile homes: 56
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $59,400
Housing units in Oconee township with a mortgage: 113 (7 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 50
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Health care (22%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Gasoline stations (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (17%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (12%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Oconee township:
- United States or American (31.3%)
- German (28.5%)
- Irish (11.3%)
- English (6.8%)
- European (2.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.9%)
- Czech (1.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 278 (77%)
- Carpooled: 63 (18%)
- Worked at home: 18 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (82%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
97.7% of residents of Oconee township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 848- In family households: 802 (236 male householders, 16 female householders)
241 spouses, 293 children (269 natural, 0 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 46 (24 male householders (18 living alone)), 14 female householders (14 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 106 2-persons, 64 3-persons, 48 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 32 1-person, 6 2-persons,
185 married couples with children.
24 single-parent households (17 men, 7 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 14.8% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 8.7% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 50.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |