Prairie Green township, Iroquois County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 40.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 233 (all rural)
| Males: 117 |  (50.2%) |
| Females: 116 |  (49.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 233 (167 owner occupied, 66 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 28% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Prairie Green township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.1%
- Black: 0.9%
Median age of males: 36.9
Median age of females: 38.0
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Average household size: 2.59
| Prairie Green township: | 2.6 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.06
| Prairie Green township: | $47,846 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $474 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $89,777 (it was $79,400 in 2000)
| : | $89,777 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 6 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 17.0% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 8.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
75% of Prairie Green township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 258
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 7
- South: 6
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 95
Housing units in Prairie Green township with a mortgage: 9 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (43%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (13%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (6%)
- Health care (39%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Wood products (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Private households (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (29%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (16%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (22%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (15%)
- Registered nurses (13%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (13%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Child care workers (11%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Prairie Green township:
- German (34.3%)
- English (19.5%)
- United States or American (16.6%)
- Dutch (11.8%)
- Slovak (10.7%)
- Irish (4.1%)
- Swedish (3.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 115 (95%)
- Worked at home: 6 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (29%)
- Utility gas (20%)
- Other fuel (8%)
- Wood (3%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 271- In family households: 252 (65 male householders, 4 female householders)
58 spouses, 112 children (112 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 0 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 19 (16 male householders (16 living alone)), 3 female householders (3 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 13 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 28 4-persons, 20 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 19 1-person,
59 married couples with children.
3 single-parent households (3 men, 0 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): 4
| Here: | 13.8% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |