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Elgin township, Kane County, IL

103,979 Population
31.9 square miles 3,257.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±2.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Kane County: 39.1 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$38,985 ±$3,043 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kane County: $44,533 ±$1,270
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,043 ±$388
$84,888 ±$8,212 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kane County: $97,633 ±$4,843
  • a little higher than the amount in Illinois: $80,306 ±$635

9.7% ±3% (9,898  ±3,088) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kane County: 8.2% † 41,859 (±1.4% / ±6,961)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,426,517 (±0.3% / ±30,335)

27.9 minutes ±0.6 (1,303,515  ±52,772) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Kane County: 28.3 6,366,865 (±0.4 / ±117,044)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

37,116 ±1,899 Number of households
  • Kane County: 185,921 ±1,688
  • Illinois: 5,071,288 ±14,337
2.8 ±0.1 (102,347  ±113) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kane County: 2.7 509,970 (±0 / ±135)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,271,503

4.5% ±2.8% (1,140  ±730) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kane County: 4.2% † 4,854 (±1% / ±1,108)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 141,318 (±0.2% / ±5,490)

Housing

38,425 ±1,845 Number of housing units
  • Kane County: 191,886 ±169
  • Illinois: 5,470,727 ±527

$280,800 ±$13,098 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kane County: $324,000 ±$7,901
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$1,622

9.8% ±2.6% (10,103  ±2,649.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kane County: 8% † 40,839 (±1% / ±5,167.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 10.8% 1,344,235 (±0.3% / ±31,091.9)

Social

82.4% ±4.6% (59,912  ±4,068.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kane County: 88.1% 306,459 (±2.5% / ±8,716.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.6% 7,888,008 (±0.5% / ±44,765.7)
27.3% ±3.2% (19,873  ±2,443.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kane County: 39.4% 137,020 (±1.7% / ±5,835.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 38.3% 3,334,374 (±0.3% / ±28,654.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

27.6% ±3.6% (28,677  ±3,783) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kane County: 17.4% 89,688
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 15% 1,878,890

3.8% ±1.4% (3,146  ±1,114) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kane County: 4.2% † 16,444 (±0.6% / ±2,205)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.7% 459,569 (±0.1% / ±11,336)
3,146 Total veterans ±1,114 2,866 Male ±1,073 280 Female ±369

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