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Bushnell township, McDonough County, IL

2,912 Population
18.3 square miles 159.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in McDonough County: 35.1 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,729 ±$3,944 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in McDonough County: $30,785 ±$1,618
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$58,125 ±$16,551 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in McDonough County: $50,434 ±$3,371
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

11.5% ±4.7% (333  ±136) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in McDonough County: 19.9% † 4,885 (±2.1% / ±510)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

33.9 minutes ±6.9 (44,865  ±11,174) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in McDonough County: 19.2 226,620 (±1.3 / ±19,224)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

1,225 ±140 Number of households
  • McDonough County: 11,760 ±335
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.3 ±0.3 (2,854  ±30) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in McDonough County: 2.1 24,466 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

12.5% ±10.4% (84  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in McDonough County: 3.4% † 230 (±1.3% / ±88)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

1,548 ±176 Number of housing units
  • McDonough County: 13,598 ±30
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$68,800 ±$12,536 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in McDonough County: $103,500 ±$6,941
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

17.9% ±7.6% (511  ±217.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in McDonough County: 24.1% † 6,486 (±2.8% / ±757)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

89.9% ±9.9% (1,783  ±244.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in McDonough County: 94.3% 15,763 (±4.1% / ±696.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
13.5% ±5.1% (267  ±103.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in McDonough County: 31.8% 5,318 (±2.6% / ±430.9)
  • 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

1.4% ±1.6% (41  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in McDonough County: 3% 807
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

8.1% ±3.2% (184  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in McDonough County: 5.8% † 1,298 (±0.7% / ±159)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
184 Total veterans ±73 184 Male ±73 N/A Female ±12

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