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Elsah township, Jersey County, IL

2,799 Population
23.9 square miles 117.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.5 ±3.5 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Jersey County: 43.7 ±1.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,558 ±$9,082 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Jersey County: $38,634 ±$2,233
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,375 ±$40,120 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jersey County: $80,361 ±$7,869
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.9% ±2.8% (128  ±65) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jersey County: 8.8% † 1,782 (±2.4% / ±486)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.5 minutes ±2.4 (31,140  ±9,403) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jersey County: 27.1 239,595 (±1.6 / ±19,018)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

806 ±138 Number of households
  • Jersey County: 7,965 ±313
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.2 (2,149  ±411) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Jersey County: 2.5 20,215 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.7% ±4.3% (19  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jersey County: 4.2% † 194 (±2.2% / ±101)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

993 ±154 Number of housing units
  • Jersey County: 9,958 ±44
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$152,900 ±$46,256 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jersey County: $171,900 ±$12,525
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.7% ±5.7% (491  ±175) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jersey County: 10.6% † 2,227 (±2.7% / ±574.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96% ±27.2% (1,553  ±309.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jersey County: 94.1% 14,089 (±5.7% / ±854.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.8% ±7.4% (482  ±154.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Jersey County: 22.6% † 3,389 (±3.1% / ±466.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about 80 percent 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

3.7% ±2.1% (104  ±60) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Jersey County: 1% 220
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13.1% ±5.2% (319  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jersey County: 8.7% † 1,485 (±1.6% / ±279)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
319 Total veterans ±136 222 Male ±118 97 Female ±66

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