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Polk township, Macoupin County, IL

506 Population
35.9 square miles 14.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.6 ±5.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Macoupin County: 44.3 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,806 ±$9,662 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Macoupin County: $35,389 ±$1,355
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$91,250 ±$18,295 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Macoupin County: $68,518 ±$4,261
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

12.3% ±17.7% (62  ±92) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Macoupin County: 14.4% † 6,259 (±1.6% / ±715)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

24.5 minutes ±2.8 (5,870  ±2,109) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Macoupin County: 27.8 501,315 (±1.3 / ±29,934)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

208 ±56 Number of households
  • Macoupin County: 17,431 ±376
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.4 ±0.5 (506  ±165) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Macoupin County: 2.5 43,726 (±0.1 / ±20)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

16% ±26.4% (12  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Macoupin County: 5.9% † 546 (±1.9% / ±173)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

249 ±65 Number of housing units
  • Macoupin County: 21,108 ±41
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$218,700 ±$18,193 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Macoupin County: $126,100 ±$6,577
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

19% ±14.7% (93  ±77.6) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Macoupin County: 9.6% † 4,217 (±1.4% / ±592.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

97.4% ±33.7% (378  ±86) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Macoupin County: 90.8% 29,024 (±3.1% / ±994)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
24.2% ±11.3% (94  ±50.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Macoupin County: 18.8% 6,000 (±1.5% / ±466.6)
  • about two-thirds 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

N/A Foreign-born population

13.2% ±7.9% (58  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Macoupin County: 7.8% † 2,767 (±0.8% / ±292)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
58 Total veterans ±39 58 Male ±39 N/A Female ±12

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