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Lafayette township, Coles County, IL

4,684 Population
36.2 square miles 129.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±8.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Coles County: 37.5 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,914 ±$3,675 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Coles County: $33,885 ±$1,887
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,125 ±$13,187 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Coles County: $56,478 ±$3,441
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.4% ±5.6% (608  ±255) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Coles County: 18.7% † 8,056 (±2.2% / ±959)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.6 minutes ±5 (42,460  ±11,143) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Coles County: 18.2 363,985 (±1.2 / ±27,628)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,101 ±172 Number of households
  • Coles County: 20,824 ±326
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (4,519  ±22) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Coles County: 2.1 42,965 (±0 / ±94)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.5% ±8.6% (94  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Coles County: 4.9% † 571 (±1.7% / ±200)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,290 ±230 Number of housing units
  • Coles County: 22,681 ±65
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$218,500 ±$25,131 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Coles County: $127,400 ±$7,333
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11% ±4.9% (504  ±223.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Coles County: 16.5% † 7,610 (±2.1% / ±977)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.3% ±10.2% (3,281  ±415.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Coles County: 91.1% 27,607 (±3.7% / ±1,121.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35% ±7.3% (1,218  ±265.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Coles County: 26.9% 8,153 (±2% / ±605.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.8% ±2.4% (178  ±111) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Coles County: 2.8% 1,298
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.7% ±2.1% (178  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Coles County: 5.7% † 2,171 (±0.7% / ±264)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
178 Total veterans ±78 162 Male ±72 16 Female ±25

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