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Ela township, Lake County, IL

45,350 Population
34.4 square miles 1,318.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lake County: 38.9 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$77,506 ±$3,833 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Lake County: $55,756 ±$715
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$170,622 ±$7,074 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Lake County: $108,917 ±$1,556
  • more than double the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

2.4% ±0.6% (1,060  ±282) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lake County: 8.1% 55,934 (±0.5% / ±3,307)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

30.8 minutes ±1.8 (564,250  ±40,570) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lake County: 28.8 8,578,485 (±0.4 / ±139,769)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

15,891 ±351 Number of households
  • Lake County: 256,660 ±936
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.8 ±0.1 (44,720  ±31) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lake County: 2.7 692,322 (±0 / ±145)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

3.3% ±0.9% (320  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lake County: 4.6% 7,468 (±0.5% / ±744)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

16,453 ±407 Number of housing units
  • Lake County: 270,083 ±177
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$510,800 ±$19,859 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Lake County: $326,600 ±$3,775
  • about double the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

7.9% ±1.5% (3,562  ±655.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lake County: 12.3% 86,662 (±0.5% / ±3,754.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

96.9% ±3.3% (29,752  ±1,171.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lake County: 90.6% 427,083 (±1% / ±4,668.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
67.5% ±2.7% (20,719  ±919.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lake County: 47% 221,369 (±0.7% / ±3,059.6)
  • nearly double 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

17.7% ±1.7% (8,026  ±790) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake County: 19.5% 138,714
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

3.5% ±0.8% (1,205  ±258) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lake County: 5.1% 27,341 (±0.3% / ±1,327)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
1,205 Total veterans ±258 1,168 Male ±247 37 Female ±41

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