Rockville township, Kankakee County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 36.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 786 (all rural)
| Males: 401 |  (51.0%) |
| Females: 385 |  (49.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 786 (690 owner occupied, 96 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 12% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Rockville township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 95.5%
- Black: 1.0%
- Asian: 1.0%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- Hispanic or Latino: 1.4%
- Two or more races: 0.9%
Median age of males: 38.0
Median age of females: 38.3
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Average household size: 2.97
| Rockville township: | 3.0 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.14
| Rockville township: | $49,761 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $668 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $135,100 (it was $95,800 in 2000)
| : | $135,100 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $162,775
Here: $162,775 State: $228,842
Townhouses or other attached units: $158,187
Here: $158,187 State: $200,693
In 2-unit structures: $160,423
Here: $160,423 State: $206,569
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $146,097
Here: $146,097 State: $240,302
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $137,860
Here: $137,860 State: $222,493
Mobile homes: $30,383
Here: $30,383 State: $36,193
| Population density: 22 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 13.3% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Rockville township: Rockville (A), Camp Shaw-Waw-Nassee (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Blooms Grove Cemetery (1), DeSelm Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: South Branch Rock Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
74% of Rockville township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% 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: 743
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 15
- South: 15
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 261
- Mobile homes: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Rockville township with a mortgage: 147 (14 second mortgage, 47 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 51
- Construction (24%)
- Metal and metal products (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Educational services (24%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Health care (11%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Food (6%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Carpenters (11%)
- Other construction workers and helpers (8%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (14%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (13%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Therapists (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rockville township:
- German (21.4%)
- Irish (18.0%)
- United States or American (11.5%)
- Polish (9.1%)
- French (except Basque) (7.8%)
- Italian (6.5%)
- Swedish (3.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 235 (72%)
- Carpooled: 55 (17%)
- Other means: 7 (2%)
- Worked at home: 31 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (65%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Other fuel (3%)
98.3% of residents of Rockville township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 783- In family households: 763 (192 male householders, 39 female householders)
195 spouses, 293 children (267 natural, 5 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 35 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 20 (7 male householders (0 living alone)), 6 female householders (6 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 88 2-persons, 48 3-persons, 57 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 6 1-person, 7 2-persons,
192 married couples with children.
23 single-parent households (12 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 47
| Here: | 34.1% |
| 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% |