Carrigan township, Marion County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 35.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 434 (all rural)
| Males: 228 |  (52.5%) |
| Females: 206 |  (47.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 434 (392 owner occupied, 42 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 10% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Carrigan township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.5%
- Black: 0.2%
- Asian: 2.8%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
Median age of males: 37.5
Median age of females: 37.8
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Average household size: 2.71
| Carrigan township: | 2.7 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.12
| Carrigan township: | $41,554 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $426 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $65,403 (it was $53,500 in 2000)
| : | $65,403 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 12 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 6.8% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Jones Dairy Farm (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Carrigan township: Eaglin Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Carrigan Cemetery (1), Lewis Cemetery (2), Harrison Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Barden Creek (A), Davidson Creek (B), Jims Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
76% of Carrigan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 92% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 412
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 8
- South: 18
- West: 11
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 149
- 3 or 4: 3
- 5 to 9: 4
- Mobile homes: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $50,700
Housing units in Carrigan township with a mortgage: 28 (2 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 21
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Registered nurses (11%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Carrigan township:
- United States or American (20.8%)
- English (19.1%)
- German (17.4%)
- Irish (13.4%)
- Italian (12.1%)
- British (1.0%)
- Dutch (1.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 216 (81%)
- Carpooled: 37 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1 (0%)
- Bicycle: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 5 (2%)
- Worked at home: 5 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (65%)
- Wood (16%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Utility gas (3%)
93.5% of residents of Carrigan township speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 459- In family households: 435 (126 male householders, 8 female householders)
101 spouses, 141 children (129 natural, 6 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 22 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 24 (7 male householders (6 living alone)), 13 female householders (13 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 42 2-persons, 42 3-persons, 24 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 19 1-person, 1 3-persons,
87 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (13 men, 4 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 15.4% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |