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Capital township, Sangamon County, IL

110,730 Population
59.5 square miles 1,862.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Sangamon County: 42.1 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$40,844 ±$2,707 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Sangamon County: $42,198 ±$2,037
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,043 ±$388
$62,972 ±$8,489 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sangamon County: $72,496 ±$4,509
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $80,306 ±$635

13.3% ±2.6% (14,338  ±2,803) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sangamon County: 12% † 22,812 (±2.2% / ±4,240)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,426,517 (±0.3% / ±30,335)

17.7 minutes ±0.5 (777,210  ±33,414) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sangamon County: 19.5 1,556,560 (±0.5 / ±47,733)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

51,122 ±1,940 Number of households
  • Sangamon County: 85,477 ±2,004
  • Illinois: 5,071,288 ±14,337
2.1 ±0.1 (107,439  ±483) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Sangamon County: 2.2 189,710 (±0.1 / ±489)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,271,503

3.3% ±2.5% (845  ±643) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Sangamon County: 4.7% † 2,064 (±1.8% / ±812)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 141,318 (±0.2% / ±5,490)

Housing

57,201 ±1,525 Number of housing units
  • Sangamon County: 93,564 ±224
  • Illinois: 5,470,727 ±527

$164,900 ±$7,653 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sangamon County: $181,700 ±$12,622
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$1,622

14.1% ±2.6% (15,565  ±2,840.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Sangamon County: 10.9% † 20,949 (±1.7% / ±3,282.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 10.8% 1,344,235 (±0.3% / ±31,091.9)

Social

96% ±5.2% (76,377  ±4,614.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sangamon County: 96.1% 131,130 (±4.1% / ±5,584.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.6% 7,888,008 (±0.5% / ±44,765.7)
37.5% ±3.1% (29,788  ±2,588.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sangamon County: 38% 51,840 (±2.6% / ±3,520.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 38.3% 3,334,374 (±0.3% / ±28,654.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.4% ±1.4% (5,923  ±1,584) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Sangamon County: 4.1% 7,990
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 15% 1,878,890

6.1% ±1.3% (5,508  ±1,153) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Sangamon County: 6.2% † 9,435 (±0.9% / ±1,365)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 4.7% 459,569 (±0.1% / ±11,336)
5,508 Total veterans ±1,153 4,953 Male ±1,134 555 Female ±377

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