Meriden township, La Salle County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 35.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 318 (all rural)
| Males: 170 |  (53.5%) |
| Females: 148 |  (46.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 318 (238 owner occupied, 80 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 25% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Meriden township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.7%
Median age of males: 39.2
Median age of females: 39.6
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Average household size: 2.56
| Meriden township: | 2.6 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.09
| Meriden 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: 9 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 14.5% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 3.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Meriden township: New Life Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Fourmile Grove Cemetery (1), Tripp Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Fourmile Grove Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
71% of Meriden township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% 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: 284
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 20
- South: 5
- West: 2
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 125
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Meriden township with a mortgage: 42 (2 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 18
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (20%)
- Construction (16%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Food (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Health care (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (10%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (10%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (18%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Plant and system operators (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Meriden township:
- German (36.2%)
- United States or American (12.1%)
- Irish (11.6%)
- English (7.3%)
- Norwegian (6.0%)
- Polish (6.0%)
- Swedish (6.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 112 (73%)
- Carpooled: 16 (10%)
- Subway or elevated: 4 (3%)
- Walked: 9 (6%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 10 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (70%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Utility gas (10%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Wood (2%)
96.8% of residents of Meriden township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (29% speak English well, 71% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 311- In family households: 274 (67 male householders, 14 female householders)
67 spouses, 103 children (97 natural, 0 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 6 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 37 (18 male householders (16 living alone)), 17 female householders (17 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 29 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 33 1-person, 2 2-persons,
63 married couples with children.
12 single-parent households (3 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 24.1% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 20.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 18.2% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |