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Blue Mound township, Macon County, IL

775 Population
32.6 square miles 23.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±16 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Macon County: 40.6 ±0.4
  • 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

$54,569 ±$13,315 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Macon County: $36,605 ±$955
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$77,083 ±$36,892 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Macon County: $62,666 ±$2,127
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3% ±3% (23  ±24) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Macon County: 15% 14,834 (±1.3% / ±1,260)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

34.2 minutes ±11.2 (12,820  ±5,364) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Macon County: 19.4 769,085 (±0.7 / ±33,408)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

340 ±87 Number of households
  • Macon County: 43,468 ±625
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.8 (775  ±190) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Macon County: 2.3 98,833 (±0 / ±38)
  • 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

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

Housing

360 ±86 Number of housing units
  • Macon County: 49,630 ±55
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$208,300 ±$76,702 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Macon County: $127,300 ±$4,307
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.8% ±4.9% (45  ±39.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Macon County: 12.7% 12,820 (±1.1% / ±1,064.6)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.7% ±8.8% (524  ±128.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Macon County: 93.1% 65,348 (±2.4% / ±1,657.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
39.3% ±14.2% (213  ±90.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Macon County: 24.4% 17,129 (±1.4% / ±987.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

N/A Foreign-born population

8.9% ±5.7% (53  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Macon County: 6.8% 5,383 (±0.6% / ±462)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
53 Total veterans ±36 53 Male ±36 N/A Female ±13

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