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Nelson township, Lee County, IL

528 Population
22.5 square miles 23.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.4 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Lee County: 43 ±0.6
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,163 ±$6,910 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lee County: $35,065 ±$1,888
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$90,938 ±$37,001 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lee County: $68,459 ±$3,601
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

5.5% ±4.9% (29  ±27) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Lee County: 11.7% † 3,676 (±1.8% / ±560)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

27.9 minutes ±3 (6,935  ±2,918) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lee County: 24.4 347,400 (±1.7 / ±28,405)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

271 ±63 Number of households
  • Lee County: 13,382 ±267
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2 ±0.1 (528  ±126) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lee County: 2.3 31,217 (±0.1 / ±155)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

405 ±77 Number of housing units
  • Lee County: 14,993 ±73
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$141,700 ±$47,787 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lee County: $155,100 ±$8,765
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

4.6% ±3.8% (24  ±20.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Lee County: 9.8% † 3,319 (±1.4% / ±480.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

93.2% ±29.4% (414  ±88.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lee County: 90.5% 22,643 (±3.5% / ±875.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
13.1% ±7.1% (58  ±34.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lee County: 19.4% 4,843 (±1.7% / ±426.6)
  • about one-third of 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

1.9% ±1.8% (10  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lee County: 2.3% 787
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

9% ±5% (44  ±27) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lee County: 6.9% † 1,871 (±0.8% / ±208)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
44 Total veterans ±27 43 Male ±27 1 Female ±2

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