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Rochester township, Sangamon County, IL

5,503 Population
33.4 square miles 164.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±4.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Sangamon County: 40.8 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$51,420 ±$6,278 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Sangamon County: $42,851 ±$835
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$112,727 ±$12,563 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Sangamon County: $74,114 ±$1,576
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

1.5% ±1.3% (83  ±73) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Sangamon County: 12.9% 24,702 (±0.9% / ±1,645)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

19.1 minutes ±3.2 (38,670  ±4,612) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Sangamon County: 19.5 1,556,560 (±0.5 / ±47,733)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

2,040 ±117 Number of households
  • Sangamon County: 84,290 ±807
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.7 ±0.2 (5,503  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Sangamon County: 2.3 191,388 (±0 / ±157)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

5.7% ±3.2% (66  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Sangamon County: 5.7% † 2,523 (±1% / ±457)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

2,166 ±136 Number of housing units
  • Sangamon County: 93,151 ±284
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$244,700 ±$14,951 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Sangamon County: $170,300 ±$3,293
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

10.8% ±4.9% (585  ±266.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Sangamon County: 11.6% 22,291 (±0.9% / ±1,751)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

98.8% ±8.3% (3,748  ±364.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Sangamon County: 93.7% 128,158 (±1.7% / ±2,357.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
50.4% ±6% (1,911  ±244.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sangamon County: 35.1% 48,031 (±1% / ±1,395.9)
  • about 1.4 times 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

0.8% ±0.8% (43  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Sangamon County: 3.3% 6,454
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

7.8% ±3.1% (324  ±130) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sangamon County: 7% 10,603 (±0.4% / ±613)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
324 Total veterans ±130 275 Male ±125 49 Female ±47

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