Waltham township, La Salle County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 35.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 490 (all rural)
| Males: 251 |  (51.2%) |
| Females: 239 |  (48.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 490 (375 owner occupied, 115 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 23% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Waltham township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 95.1%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.8%
Median age of males: 40.2
Median age of females: 40.4
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Average household size: 2.78
| Waltham township: | 2.8 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.13
| Waltham township: | $48,552 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $523 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $121,300 (it was $86,500 in 2000)
| : | $121,300 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 14 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
82% of Waltham township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 462
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 20
- South: 8
- West: 12
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 182
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,400
Housing units in Waltham township with a mortgage: 67 (0 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 32
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Educational services (30%)
- Health care (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Electricians (5%)
- Plant and system operators (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (21%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Waltham township:
- German (30.1%)
- Irish (25.1%)
- United States or American (10.4%)
- English (4.8%)
- Norwegian (3.8%)
- Polish (3.8%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 223 (85%)
- Carpooled: 9 (3%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 5 (2%)
- Worked at home: 24 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
99.2% of residents of Waltham township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 506- In family households: 479 (141 male householders, 9 female householders)
157 spouses, 154 children (147 natural, 5 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 2 other relatives, 1 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 27 (20 male householders (20 living alone)), 7 female householders (7 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 76 2-persons, 23 3-persons, 32 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 27 1-person,
103 married couples with children.
9 single-parent households (5 men, 4 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 13.2% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 34.6% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |