Stratton township, Edgar County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 24.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 531 (all rural)
| Males: 259 |  (48.8%) |
| Females: 272 |  (51.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 531 (422 owner occupied, 109 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 21% |
| State: | 33% |
Races in Stratton township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.1%
- Black: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
Median age of males: 40.9
Median age of females: 42.2
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Average household size: 2.48
| Stratton township: | 2.5 people |
| Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 2.83
| Stratton township: | $41,698 |
| Illinois: | $56,210 |
| Here: | $400 |
| State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $67,821 (it was $56,400 in 2000)
| : | $67,821 |
| Illinois: | $169,600 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $95,275
Here: $95,275 State: $228,842
Townhouses or other attached units: $134,889
Here: $134,889 State: $200,693
Mobile homes: $26,038
Here: $26,038 State: $36,193
| Population density: 21 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 8.8% |
| Whole state: | 10.7% |
| This township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Vermilion.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Stratton township: Little Grove Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Blackburn Cemetery (1), Little Grove Cemetery (2), Pryor Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
80% of Stratton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 251
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 142
- South: 77
- West: 14
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $13,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
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: 197
- Mobile homes: 33
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,800
Housing units in Stratton township with a mortgage: 51 (3 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 33
- Plastics and rubber products (14%)
- Construction (13%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (11%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Utilities (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Health care (19%)
- Personal and laundry services (13%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Construction (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (12%)
- Engineers (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (15%)
- Personal appearance workers (13%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Librarians, curators, and archivists (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Child care workers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Stratton township:
- United States or American (46.9%)
- German (29.9%)
- English (7.6%)
- Irish (3.8%)
- Scottish (3.3%)
- Dutch (1.4%)
- Italian (1.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 161 (76%)
- Carpooled: 22 (10%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 28 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (46%)
- Utility gas (42%)
- Electricity (12%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 486- In family households: 429 (129 male householders, 20 female householders)
133 spouses, 138 children (135 natural, 3 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 0 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 57 (13 male householders (13 living alone)), 42 female householders (39 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 87 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 24 4-persons, 19 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 52 1-person, 3 2-persons,
87 married couples with children.
29 single-parent households (4 men, 25 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: 11
| Here: | 42.3% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |