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Polk township, Macoupin County, IL

441 Population
35.9 square miles 12.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.3 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Macoupin County: 44.2 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,379 ±$9,926 Per capita income
  • about the same as 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
$83,864 ±$39,319 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Macoupin County: $70,805 ±$4,838
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.1% ±19.3% (62  ±88) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Macoupin County: 13.1% † 5,626 (±1.7% / ±711)
  • 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)

20.2 minutes ±2.6 (4,400  ±1,750) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Macoupin County: 27.5 487,400 (±1.4 / ±30,840)
  • 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

176 ±57 Number of households
  • Macoupin County: 17,576 ±364
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (441  ±155) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Macoupin County: 2.5 43,462 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

14.5% ±18.8% (11  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Macoupin County: 5.9% † 546 (±1.7% / ±156)
  • 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

216 ±61 Number of housing units
  • Macoupin County: 21,139 ±52
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$223,700 ±$23,822 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Macoupin County: $138,200 ±$7,868
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.3% ±18.2% (82  ±82.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Macoupin County: 9.3% † 4,084 (±1.5% / ±653.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.6% ±39.7% (311  ±85.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Macoupin County: 91.4% 29,059 (±3.1% / ±983)
  • 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)
27.6% ±14.3% (89  ±53.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Macoupin County: 20.3% 6,448 (±1.5% / ±474.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about three-quarters 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

N/A Foreign-born population

9.7% ±7.2% (36  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Macoupin County: 7.6% † 2,674 (±0.9% / ±306)
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
36 Total veterans ±29 36 Male ±29 N/A Female ±13

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