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Alden township, McHenry County, IL

1,556 Population
33.2 square miles 46.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.9 ±16.9 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in McHenry County: 40.4 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,004 ±$11,756 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in McHenry County: $48,275 ±$1,117
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$101,061 ±$6,014 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in McHenry County: $102,836 ±$2,073
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

15% ±13.5% (233  ±218) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in McHenry County: 6.1% † 18,764 (±0.6% / ±1,965)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

35.6 minutes ±5.8 (19,815  ±9,132) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in McHenry County: 30.6 4,268,050 (±0.5 / ±87,929)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

661 ±157 Number of households
  • McHenry County: 116,329 ±509
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.3 ±0.2 (1,549  ±398) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McHenry County: 2.7 309,478 (±0 / ±46)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

8.7% ±10.8% (16  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in McHenry County: 5.2% † 3,580 (±0.7% / ±513)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

768 ±187 Number of housing units
  • McHenry County: 120,605 ±91
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$289,700 ±$52,760 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in McHenry County: $286,900 ±$3,096
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

5.6% ±7.2% (87  ±113.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in McHenry County: 9.2% 28,469 (±0.7% / ±2,128.6)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

95.1% ±36.8% (1,172  ±301.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in McHenry County: 93.7% 200,924 (±1.5% / ±3,215)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
27.5% ±4.3% (339  ±111.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in McHenry County: 35.2% 75,446 (±0.9% / ±1,860.1)
  • about three-quarters 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

1.2% ±1.9% (19  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in McHenry County: 9.3% 28,825
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

5% ±3.3% (63  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in McHenry County: 5.5% 13,223 (±0.4% / ±841)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
63 Total veterans ±45 63 Male ±45 N/A Female ±12

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