Ridge township, Shelby County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 35.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 454 (all rural)
| Males: 227 |  (50.0%) |
| Females: 227 |  (50.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 454 (409 owner occupied, 45 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 10% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Ridge township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.8%
- Black: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 37.3
Median age of females: 38.8
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Average household size: 2.61
| Ridge township: | 2.6 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.93
| Ridge township: | $47,414 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $423 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $80,102 (it was $67,400 in 2000)
| : | $80,102 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
| Population density: 13 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 3.3% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Westervelt.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Washington Cemetery (1), Brunswick Cemetery (2), Plank Cemetery (3), Craig Cemetery (4), Henton Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
67% of Ridge 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, 80% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 501
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 25
- South: 6
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 1.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 194
- One, attached: 7
- Mobile homes: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Ridge township with a mortgage: 70 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 55
- Paper (19%)
- Machinery (13%)
- Construction (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Health care (29%)
- Paper (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- U. S. Postal service (7%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (22%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (17%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (14%)
- Waiters and waitresses (11%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ridge township:
- German (35.2%)
- United States or American (26.1%)
- English (16.5%)
- Irish (11.9%)
- Scandinavian (2.3%)
- French (except Basque) (1.9%)
- Welsh (1.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 182 (79%)
- Carpooled: 35 (15%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (3%)
- Worked at home: 6 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (93%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
99.0% of residents of Ridge township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 542- In family households: 505 (157 male householders, 9 female householders)
157 spouses, 162 children (136 natural, 2 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 5 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 37 (19 male householders (19 living alone)), 18 female householders (18 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 63 2-persons, 62 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 37 1-person,
86 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (12 men, 6 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% |