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Rome township, Jefferson County, IL

1,548 Population
36.3 square miles 42.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±4.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Jefferson County: 41.1 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,289 ±$4,716 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Jefferson County: $31,541 ±$1,281
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$62,868 ±$8,673 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Jefferson County: $61,102 ±$2,397
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

10.2% ±3.9% (157  ±65) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jefferson County: 14.2% † 4,975 (±1.5% / ±522)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

24.6 minutes ±3.7 (16,900  ±4,610) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 19.7 295,480 (±0.5 / ±13,033)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

613 ±77 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 14,805 ±280
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.5 ±0.3 (1,545  ±251) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 2.4 35,303 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

5.8% ±5% (21  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 6.3% † 466 (±1.3% / ±98)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

677 ±100 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 16,650 ±51
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$142,800 ±$15,524 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Jefferson County: $118,400 ±$3,997
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

4.9% ±2.9% (75  ±46) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Jefferson County: 11.5% † 4,165 (±1.5% / ±559.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

94.8% ±16.2% (969  ±108.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 91.4% 23,614 (±2.9% / ±749.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
21.5% ±4.5% (220  ±54) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 18.4% 4,748 (±1.3% / ±326.6)
  • about three-fifths 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% ±0.9% (25  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 1.8% 653
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

6.9% ±1.8% (78  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 8.2% 2,335 (±0.7% / ±211)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
78 Total veterans ±23 74 Male ±24 4 Female ±5

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