Penn township, Stark County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 36.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 362 (all rural)
| Males: 196 |  (54.1%) |
| Females: 166 |  (45.9%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 362 (288 owner occupied, 74 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 20% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Penn township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.4%
- Black: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.3%
Median age of males: 34.7
Median age of females: 35.5
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Average household size: 2.94
| Penn township: | 2.9 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.38
| Penn township: | $53,643 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $383 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $82,149 (it was $63,600 in 2000)
| : | $82,149 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 10 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 17.8% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 13.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Penn township: Saint Timothy Lutheran Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Pleasant Valley Cemetery (1), Grant Cemetery (2), Eagleston Cemetery (3), Snareville Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
84% of Penn township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 373
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 17
- South: 0
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $16,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
- Gay men: 0.8% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 146
- Mobile homes: 1
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Penn township with a mortgage: 40 (8 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 52
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (24%)
- Construction (13%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (13%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Social assistance (34%)
- Health care (32%)
- Warehousing and storage (7%)
- Food (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Gasoline stations (5%)
- Fuel dealers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (22%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Child care workers (18%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (16%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (14%)
- Health technologists and technicians (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other financial specialists (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Penn township:
- German (49.9%)
- United States or American (11.0%)
- English (7.0%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- Italian (4.6%)
- Danish (4.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 84 (69%)
- Carpooled: 14 (11%)
- Worked at home: 24 (20%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (65%)
- Utility gas (25%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (2%)
97.9% of residents of Penn township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 399- In family households: 360 (74 male householders, 27 female householders)
83 spouses, 174 children (167 natural, 0 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 39 (13 male householders (7 living alone)), 20 female householders (20 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 40 2-persons, 33 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 14 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 27 1-person, 6 2-persons,
103 married couples with children.
12 single-parent households (4 men, 8 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% |