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Clear Lake township, Sangamon County, IL

8,323 Population
33.7 square miles 247.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sangamon County: 40.8 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,758 ±$3,586 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sangamon County: $42,851 ±$835
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$78,542 ±$8,973 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Sangamon County: $74,114 ±$1,576
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

9.8% ±5.1% (816  ±425) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Sangamon County: 12.9% 24,702 (±0.9% / ±1,645)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

20.5 minutes ±2.4 (75,130  ±12,484) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Sangamon County: 19.5 1,556,560 (±0.5 / ±47,733)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

3,525 ±271 Number of households
  • Sangamon County: 84,290 ±807
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.3 ±0.2 (8,237  ±29) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Sangamon County: 2.3 191,388 (±0 / ±157)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

4.2% ±4.5% (60  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Sangamon County: 5.7% † 2,523 (±1% / ±457)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

3,889 ±289 Number of housing units
  • Sangamon County: 93,151 ±284
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$167,900 ±$25,623 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Sangamon County: $170,300 ±$3,293
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

4.5% ±2.1% (376  ±174.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Sangamon County: 11.6% 22,291 (±0.9% / ±1,751)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

92.8% ±8% (5,672  ±555) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sangamon County: 93.7% 128,158 (±1.7% / ±2,357.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
21.7% ±3.8% (1,329  ±238.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sangamon County: 35.1% 48,031 (±1% / ±1,395.9)
  • about three-fifths 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

1.4% ±0.9% (120  ±73) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Sangamon County: 3.3% 6,454
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

7% ±2% (457  ±131) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Sangamon County: 7% 10,603 (±0.4% / ±613)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
457 Total veterans ±131 457 Male ±131 N/A Female ±17

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