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Mason township, Effingham County, IL

1,559 Population
37.1 square miles 42 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.4 ±16.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Effingham County: 39.5 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,103 ±$6,216 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Effingham County: $38,582 ±$1,797
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$65,556 ±$25,732 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Effingham County: $75,380 ±$4,362
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

14% ±5.8% (216  ±97) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Effingham County: 10.6% † 3,622 (±2% / ±688)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

24.6 minutes ±8.8 (14,895  ±3,359) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Effingham County: 18.3 276,170 (±0.7 / ±16,429)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

682 ±122 Number of households
  • Effingham County: 14,030 ±285
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.3 ±0.6 (1,559  ±261) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Effingham County: 2.4 34,032 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

3.7% ±3.5% (9  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Effingham County: 6.6% † 471 (±1.7% / ±121)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

698 ±121 Number of housing units
  • Effingham County: 15,336 ±72
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$130,500 ±$23,491 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Effingham County: $179,800 ±$8,764
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

13.8% ±6.8% (213  ±111.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Effingham County: 9.7% † 3,306 (±1.7% / ±565.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

84.8% ±21.5% (948  ±168.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Effingham County: 93.2% 22,093 (±3.4% / ±804.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
8.3% ±3.5% (93  ±42.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Effingham County: 26% 6,166 (±1.8% / ±430.9)
  • about one-fifth of 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

1.6% ±1.7% (25  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Effingham County: 2.1% 737
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

9.6% ±2.9% (122  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Effingham County: 7.7% † 2,011 (±1% / ±248)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
122 Total veterans ±42 113 Male ±40 9 Female ±8

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