Omaha township, Gallatin County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 18.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 473 (all rural)
Males: 238 | (50.3%) |
Females: 235 | (49.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 473 (409 owner occupied, 64 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 14% |
State: | 33% |
Races in Omaha township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.2%
- Asian: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 40.6
Median age of females: 40.9
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Average household size: 2.24
Omaha township: | 2.2 people |
Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.93
Omaha township: | $39,913 |
Illinois: | $56,210 |
Here: | $253 |
State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $56,843 (it was $42,700 in 2000)
: | $56,843 |
Illinois: | $169,600 |
Population density: 25 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 20.6% |
Whole state: | 10.7% |
This township: | 16.5% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Omaha.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Omaha township include: Bethlehem Church (A), Poplar Church (B), Hazel Ridge Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Palestine Number 2 Cemetery (1), Shane Cemetery (2), Shaw Cemetery (3), Poplar Cemetery (4), Adkin Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Omaha City Reservoir (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Creek: Bear Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
70% of Omaha township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 362
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 85
- South: 18
- West: 1
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 206
- 3 or 4: 12
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 29
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Omaha township with a mortgage: 34 (3 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 69
- Educational services (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (19%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (2%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (16%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Omaha township:
- United States or American (41.5%)
- English (19.7%)
- French (except Basque) (10.2%)
- Irish (9.5%)
- German (3.5%)
- Swedish (3.2%)
- Scottish (2.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 122 (67%)
- Carpooled: 51 (28%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 2 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
99.5% of residents of Omaha township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 466- In family households: 376 (103 male householders, 2 female householders)
100 spouses, 157 children (128 natural, 3 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 2 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 90 (40 male householders (39 living alone)), 48 female householders (48 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 52 2-persons, 18 3-persons, 19 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 87 1-person, 1 2-persons,
86 married couples with children.
12 single-parent households (5 men, 7 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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |