Lee Center township, Lee County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Land area: 36.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 593 (all rural)
Males: 286 | (48.2%) |
Females: 307 | (51.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 593 (464 owner occupied, 129 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 22% |
State: | 33% |
Races in Lee Center township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.0%
- Asian: 0.7%
Median age of males: 38.9
Median age of females: 37.9
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Average household size: 2.67
Lee Center township: | 2.7 people |
Illinois: | 2.6 people |
Average family size: 3.08
Lee Center township: | $51,683 |
Illinois: | $56,210 |
Here: | $495 |
State: | $772 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $104,291 (it was $83,400 in 2000)
: | $104,291 |
Illinois: | $169,600 |
Population density: 16 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 11.8% |
Whole state: | 10.7% |
This township: | 10.5% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Lee Center township: Bonnell Farms (A), Setchell Farms (B), Borell Farms (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Woodside Cemetery (1), Inlet Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes: Lyon Lakes (A), Leake Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
46% of Lee Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 592
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 58
- South: 14
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 179
- Two: 6
- Mobile homes: 38
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,200
Housing units in Lee Center township with a mortgage: 49 (7 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 37
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Machinery (11%)
- Printing and related support activities (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Gasoline stations (5%)
- Finance and insurance (22%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (9%)
- Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Music stores (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Electricians (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (19%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (15%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (13%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (10%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (8%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lee Center township:
- German (32.9%)
- United States or American (16.1%)
- Irish (13.4%)
- French (except Basque) (6.7%)
- French Canadian (4.7%)
- Swedish (3.8%)
- English (3.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 219 (84%)
- Carpooled: 21 (8%)
- Other means: 5 (2%)
- Worked at home: 15 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Utility gas (33%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Electricity (11%)
98.1% of residents of Lee Center township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 664- In family households: 629 (166 male householders, 33 female householders)
152 spouses, 244 children (224 natural, 0 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 35 (10 male householders (6 living alone)), 10 female householders (10 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 84 2-persons, 47 3-persons, 28 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 16 1-person, 4 4-persons,
139 married couples with children.
21 single-parent households (7 men, 14 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% |