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Arcola township, Douglas County, IL

3,263 Population
53.7 square miles 60.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Douglas County: 38.7 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,110 ±$2,309 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Douglas County: $36,634 ±$1,670
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$87,942 ±$4,940 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Douglas County: $77,320 ±$2,305
  • a little higher than the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.2% ±3.8% (283  ±117) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Douglas County: 8.5% † 1,642 (±2.1% / ±413)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.3 minutes ±2.1 (21,140  ±3,578) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Douglas County: 20.4 183,855 (±1.2 / ±12,839)
  • about half the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,125 ±76 Number of households
  • Douglas County: 7,765 ±188
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.2 (3,128  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Douglas County: 2.5 19,498 (±0.1 / ±51)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

19.1% ±9.3% (124  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Douglas County: 11.9% † 516 (±3.2% / ±140)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,198 ±82 Number of housing units
  • Douglas County: 8,507 ±38
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$131,600 ±$16,335 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Douglas County: $150,400 ±$8,144
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.3% ±2.6% (199  ±83.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Douglas County: 9.3% † 1,794 (±1.6% / ±312.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84% ±9.3% (1,860  ±224.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Douglas County: 87.5% 11,660 (±4.3% / ±581.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.4% ±5.1% (451  ±114.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Douglas County: 20.9% † 2,780 (±2.2% / ±296.2)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about three-fifths of 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

15% ±3.4% (490  ±110) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Douglas County: 4.2% 824
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.6% ±2.7% (137  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Douglas County: 6.7% † 988 (±1.1% / ±166)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
137 Total veterans ±65 134 Male ±65 3 Female ±6

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