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Hamel township, Madison County, IL

2,756 Population
36.3 square miles 75.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Madison County: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$47,131 ±$5,054 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Madison County: $41,560 ±$801
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$124,643 ±$15,795 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Madison County: $75,793 ±$1,799
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.7% ±2.2% (100  ±61) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Madison County: 11.1% 28,605 (±0.7% / ±1,669)
  • about one-third 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)

26.8 minutes ±2.7 (33,055  ±5,485) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Madison County: 24.9 2,743,765 (±0.4 / ±66,219)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,020 ±91 Number of households
  • Madison County: 110,134 ±796
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.2 (2,756  ±20) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Madison County: 2.4 258,707 (±0 / ±94)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.7% ±4.8% (45  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Madison County: 4.8% † 2,883 (±0.8% / ±469)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,082 ±89 Number of housing units
  • Madison County: 119,168 ±98
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$316,300 ±$32,536 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Madison County: $173,000 ±$2,415
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.6% ±3.1% (126  ±84.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Madison County: 11.5% 30,135 (±0.9% / ±2,295.6)
  • 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

98.1% ±12.2% (1,775  ±235.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Madison County: 93.9% 173,416 (±1.7% / ±3,071.1)
  • 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)
47.8% ±9% (865  ±168.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Madison County: 31% 57,289 (±1% / ±1,817.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about 1.3 times 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% ±0.7% (20  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Madison County: 2.2% 5,835
  • 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

8.4% ±3.6% (167  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Madison County: 8.2% 17,114 (±0.4% / ±808)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
167 Total veterans ±73 167 Male ±73 N/A Female ±13

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