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Makanda township, Jackson County, IL

4,031 Population
37.1 square miles 108.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Jackson County: 32.9 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,349 ±$7,517 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Jackson County: $30,227 ±$1,599
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$82,202 ±$14,617 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Jackson County: $45,572 ±$3,777
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

10.1% ±3.5% (406  ±141) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Jackson County: 21.8% 10,753 (±2.1% / ±1,021)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

20.5 minutes ±1.3 (33,285  ±4,306) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Jackson County: 20.2 402,620 (±1 / ±24,891)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

1,725 ±122 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 23,088 ±418
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.3 ±0.2 (4,031  ±30) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 2.1 49,093 (±0 / ±42)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

7.5% ±6.1% (61  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 5.9% † 806 (±1.9% / ±256)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

1,953 ±134 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 27,750 ±49
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$190,900 ±$20,795 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Jackson County: $125,000 ±$7,819
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

10.6% ±4% (419  ±160.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Jackson County: 21.4% 11,130 (±1.8% / ±937.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

97.8% ±8.6% (2,698  ±274.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jackson County: 92.1% 29,283 (±3.3% / ±1,074.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
55.1% ±6.3% (1,520  ±191.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jackson County: 35.1% 11,148 (±1.9% / ±590.3)
  • about 1.5 times 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

5.4% ±2.1% (218  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Jackson County: 5.8% 3,028
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

6% ±2.3% (188  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Jackson County: 5.7% † 2,412 (±0.8% / ±323)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
188 Total veterans ±71 150 Male ±64 38 Female ±25

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