Richland township, La Salle County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Richland township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
77% of Richland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 313
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 19
- South: 12
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $60,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 150
- Mobile homes: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,000
Housing units in Richland township with a mortgage: 42 (2 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 58
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Food (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Top executives (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Richland township:
- German (60.5%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- Slovak (6.6%)
- English (4.8%)
- United States or American (3.3%)
- Italian (3.0%)
- Polish (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Ireland (50%)
- Germany (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 131 (72%)
- Carpooled: 10 (5%)
- Walked: 24 (13%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 16 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (52%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (1%)
98.8% of residents of Richland township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 349- In family households: 305 (94 male householders, 15 female householders)
94 spouses, 92 children (89 natural, 0 adopted, 3 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 44 (21 male householders (18 living alone)), 19 female householders (19 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 58 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 37 1-person, 2 2-persons, 1 3-persons,
51 married couples with children.
2 single-parent households (2 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 15.0% |
| 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% |