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Afton township, DeKalb County, IL

927 Population
35.1 square miles 26.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in DeKalb County: 32.6 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,502 ±$8,483 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in DeKalb County: $35,054 ±$1,012
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$105,574 ±$15,615 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in DeKalb County: $69,022 ±$2,476
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

9.2% ±11.2% (85  ±107) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in DeKalb County: 15.9% † 15,291 (±1.9% / ±1,859)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

34.3 minutes ±10.8 (17,465  ±8,375) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in DeKalb County: 26.7 1,251,890 (±1.1 / ±61,209)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

316 ±87 Number of households
  • DeKalb County: 39,314 ±414
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.9 ±0.4 (927  ±283) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in DeKalb County: 2.4 96,087 (±0 / ±108)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

316 ±87 Number of housing units
  • DeKalb County: 41,499 ±79
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$256,500 ±$41,178 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in DeKalb County: $231,900 ±$4,843
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

11.7% ±15.5% (108  ±147.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in DeKalb County: 17.6% 17,543 (±1.6% / ±1,620.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

97% ±39.4% (645  ±164.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 92.4% 55,705 (±2.6% / ±1,614.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
35.8% ±9.6% (238  ±98.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 32.7% 19,705 (±1.6% / ±955.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.6% ±6.7% (45  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in DeKalb County: 5.1% † 4,024 (±0.6% / ±451)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
45 Total veterans ±56 29 Male ±35 16 Female ±26

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