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Preston township, Richland County, IL

1,561 Population
40.7 square miles 38.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.6 ±13.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Richland County: 42.5 ±1.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,384 ±$6,286 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Richland County: $32,156 ±$2,033
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$53,750 ±$34,896 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Richland County: $60,404 † ±$6,022
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

5.1% ±4.5% (79  ±72) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Richland County: 11.9% † 1,823 (±1.9% / ±294)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

19.3 minutes ±7 (17,245  ±8,049) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Richland County: 20.4 † 140,745 (±2.3 / ±17,521)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

684 ±123 Number of households
  • Richland County: 6,401 ±221
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.3 ±0.2 (1,561  ±299) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Richland County: 2.4 15,357 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

10.7% ±11.2% (26  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Richland County: 6.9% † 215 (±2.7% / ±84)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

759 ±130 Number of housing units
  • Richland County: 7,366 ±27
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$139,700 ±$71,202 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Richland County: $106,600 ±$7,098
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

92.3% ±3.7% (1,058  ±213.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Richland County: 91.9% 10,038 (±5.2% / ±568.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
23.7% ±9.5% (272  ±121.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Richland County: 18.9% † 2,060 (±2.6% / ±281.1)
  • 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

0.5% ±0.8% (8  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Richland County: 1.4% 226
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

3.6% ±2.9% (45  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Richland County: 9.5% † 1,151 (±1.5% / ±185)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
45 Total veterans ±37 45 Male ±37 N/A Female ±12

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