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Whitmore township, Macon County, IL

4,221 Population
35.9 square miles 117.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.7 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Macon County: 40.6 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,744 ±$4,582 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Macon County: $36,605 ±$955
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$76,607 ±$15,595 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

13.6% ±8.7% (566  ±360) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Macon County: 15% 14,834 (±1.3% / ±1,260)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.9 minutes ±2.1 (30,475  ±5,923) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Macon County: 19.4 769,085 (±0.7 / ±33,408)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,714 ±239 Number of households
  • Macon County: 43,468 ±625
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (4,209  ±32) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Macon County: 2.3 98,833 (±0 / ±38)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

13.4% ±12.1% (117  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Macon County: 9.4% † 2,114 (±1.7% / ±382)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,850 ±237 Number of housing units
  • Macon County: 49,630 ±55
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$122,800 ±$22,796 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Macon County: $127,300 ±$4,307
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.8% ±2.4% (200  ±101.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Macon County: 12.7% 12,820 (±1.1% / ±1,064.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.4% ±10.9% (2,699  ±429.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Macon County: 93.1% 65,348 (±2.4% / ±1,657.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.8% ±5.4% (644  ±173.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Macon County: 24.4% 17,129 (±1.4% / ±987.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about three-fifths of 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

0.7% ±0.9% (29  ±39) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Macon County: 2.8% 2,799
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.2% ±3.4% (232  ±111) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Macon County: 6.8% 5,383 (±0.6% / ±462)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
232 Total veterans ±111 210 Male ±107 22 Female ±23

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