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Shields township, Lake County, IL

37,623 Population
17.8 square miles 2,113.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.5 ±0.8 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Lake County: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$58,591 ±$3,931 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Lake County: $57,153 ±$830
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$112,865 ±$11,387 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Lake County: $110,416 ±$1,747
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.9% ±2.6% (2,432  ±632) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lake County: 8.3% 57,917 (±0.4% / ±2,705)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.8 minutes ±2.6 (303,695  ±45,133) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Lake County: 28.5 8,293,735 (±0.4 / ±147,568)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,732 ±382 Number of households
  • Lake County: 258,455 ±1,007
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (24,824  ±78) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lake County: 2.7 694,063 (±0 / ±139)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.4% ±1.3% (281  ±113) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lake County: 4.8% 7,730 (±0.5% / ±759)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,756 ±395 Number of housing units
  • Lake County: 270,618 ±167
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$620,800 ±$73,023 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Lake County: $345,700 ±$3,502
  • more than double the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

32.2% ±3.6% (12,010  ±1,328.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Lake County: 11.6% 81,986 (±0.5% / ±3,852.2)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.6% ±4.3% (18,002  ±1,019.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lake County: 90.6% 430,584 (±1% / ±4,575.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
55.1% ±3.2% (10,606  ±717) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lake County: 47.7% 226,749 (±0.7% / ±3,086.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about 1.5 times 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

13.2% ±1.6% (4,954  ±592) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lake County: 19.8% 141,715
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.6% ±1.9% (2,767  ±430) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Lake County: 4.7% 25,130 (±0.2% / ±1,127)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,767 Total veterans ±430 2,123 Male ±340 644 Female ±249

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