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Shields township, Lake County, IL

37,596 Population
17.8 square miles 2,112.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26 ±1.1 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Lake County: 38.9 ±0.3
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$59,888 ±$3,807 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lake County: $55,756 ±$715
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$113,020 ±$10,631 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Lake County: $108,917 ±$1,556
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

10.9% ±2.6% (2,723  ±646) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lake County: 8.1% 55,934 (±0.5% / ±3,307)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

21.3 minutes ±2.6 (325,835  ±46,489) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Lake County: 28.8 8,578,485 (±0.4 / ±139,769)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

9,955 ±408 Number of households
  • Lake County: 256,660 ±936
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.5 ±0.1 (25,132  ±92) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lake County: 2.7 692,322 (±0 / ±145)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

3.3% ±1.3% (281  ±113) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters 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

10,931 ±396 Number of housing units
  • Lake County: 270,083 ±177
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$592,900 ±$61,159 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Lake County: $326,600 ±$3,775
  • more than double the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

32% ±3.7% (11,956  ±1,377.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Lake County: 12.3% 86,662 (±0.5% / ±3,754.4)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

93.5% ±4.1% (18,254  ±1,065.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lake County: 90.6% 427,083 (±1% / ±4,668.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
54.3% ±3.5% (10,605  ±785.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lake County: 47% 221,369 (±0.7% / ±3,059.6)
  • 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

12.7% ±1.5% (4,782  ±576) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lake County: 19.5% 138,714
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

14.9% ±2.1% (3,353  ±477) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Lake County: 5.1% 27,341 (±0.3% / ±1,327)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
3,353 Total veterans ±477 2,447 Male ±315 906 Female ±352

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