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Gillespie township, Macoupin County, IL

3,611 Population
35.7 square miles 101.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±2.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Macoupin County: 44.2 ±0.3
  • 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

$38,066 ±$5,172 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Macoupin County: $37,136 ±$1,542
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$80,833 ±$11,992 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Macoupin County: $70,805 ±$4,838
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.4% ±6.5% (545  ±228) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Macoupin County: 13.1% † 5,626 (±1.7% / ±711)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.2 minutes ±2.6 (39,595  ±6,931) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Macoupin County: 27.5 487,400 (±1.4 / ±30,840)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,374 ±112 Number of households
  • Macoupin County: 17,576 ±364
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (3,539  ±24) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Macoupin County: 2.5 43,462 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.8% ±4% (30  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Macoupin County: 5.9% † 546 (±1.7% / ±156)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,653 ±145 Number of housing units
  • Macoupin County: 21,139 ±52
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$97,500 ±$13,406 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Macoupin County: $138,200 ±$7,868
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.5% ±3.2% (194  ±114.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Macoupin County: 9.3% † 4,084 (±1.5% / ±653.2)
  • 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

94.9% ±9% (2,345  ±267.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Macoupin County: 91.4% 29,059 (±3.1% / ±983)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.7% ±5.5% (536  ±140.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Macoupin County: 20.3% 6,448 (±1.5% / ±474.5)
  • 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

0.2% ±0.2% (6  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Macoupin County: 0.9% 400
  • 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

5.9% ±2.2% (169  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Macoupin County: 7.6% † 2,674 (±0.9% / ±306)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
169 Total veterans ±62 160 Male ±59 9 Female ±13

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