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Dixon township, Lee County, IL

17,253 Population
28.9 square miles 596.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lee County: 43.1 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,842 ±$2,838 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lee County: $35,945 ±$1,814
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,245 ±$5,518 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lee County: $70,292 ±$2,918
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.5% ±3% (2,319  ±448) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lee County: 11.8% † 3,711 (±1.7% / ±545)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.1 minutes ±2.1 (140,730  ±16,365) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lee County: 24.6 341,445 (±1.6 / ±26,539)
  • 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

6,656 ±276 Number of households
  • Lee County: 13,337 ±296
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (14,820  ±138) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lee County: 2.3 31,183 (±0.1 / ±133)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4% ±1.7% (127  ±55) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lee County: 5.9% † 372 (±1.9% / ±120)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,378 ±282 Number of housing units
  • Lee County: 14,995 ±69
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$132,900 ±$7,722 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lee County: $154,600 ±$7,304
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.6% ±2.7% (1,999  ±470) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lee County: 9.5% † 3,195 (±1.6% / ±532.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.3% ±5.3% (11,667  ±730.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lee County: 91.2% 22,758 (±3.5% / ±874.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18% ±2.4% (2,353  ±323.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lee County: 19.4% 4,835 (±1.7% / ±428.6)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about half 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

3.1% ±1% (530  ±165) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lee County: 2.2% 758
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±1.5% (773  ±209) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lee County: 6.4% † 1,744 (±0.9% / ±240)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
773 Total veterans ±209 653 Male ±178 120 Female ±91

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