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Palmyra township, Lee County, IL

2,883 Population
34.8 square miles 82.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lee County: 43 ±0.6
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$51,218 ±$10,961 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Lee County: $35,065 ±$1,888
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$90,609 ±$8,519 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

8.3% ±6.4% (237  ±181) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lee County: 11.7% † 3,676 (±1.8% / ±560)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

18.1 minutes ±4 (22,625  ±6,564) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Lee County: 24.4 347,400 (±1.7 / ±28,405)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

1,284 ±155 Number of households
  • Lee County: 13,382 ±267
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.2 ±0.3 (2,845  ±32) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lee County: 2.3 31,217 (±0.1 / ±155)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

27.8% ±17.6% (148  ±100) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Lee County: 6.3% † 399 (±2.2% / ±140)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

1,429 ±182 Number of housing units
  • Lee County: 14,993 ±73
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$259,800 ±$17,771 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Lee County: $155,100 ±$8,765
  • a little higher than the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

10% ±6.7% (277  ±186.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Lee County: 9.8% † 3,319 (±1.4% / ±480.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

90.6% ±12.7% (1,924  ±322.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lee County: 90.5% 22,643 (±3.5% / ±875.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
32.3% ±8.9% (686  ±198.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lee County: 19.4% 4,843 (±1.7% / ±426.6)
  • about 90 percent 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

1.1% ±1% (31  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Lee County: 2.3% 787
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

14% ±5.2% (327  ±122) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Lee County: 6.9% † 1,871 (±0.8% / ±208)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
327 Total veterans ±122 314 Male ±120 13 Female ±22

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