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Ash Grove township, Shelby County, IL

516 Population
42.1 square miles 12.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±11.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Shelby County: 45.5 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,308 ±$7,391 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Shelby County: $33,372 ±$1,209
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$65,714 ±$37,768 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Shelby County: $68,457 ±$3,654
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

8.9% ±8.7% (46  ±48) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 10% † 2,053 (±1.7% / ±360)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

26.8 minutes ±8.7 (7,855  ±4,243) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Shelby County: 21.1 196,460 (±1.3 / ±14,567)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

234 ±83 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 8,795 ±251
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.2 ±0.3 (516  ±192) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Shelby County: 2.4 20,661 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

245 ±84 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 10,054 ±35
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$145,600 ±$25,493 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Shelby County: $130,400 ±$8,485
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

3.5% ±5.4% (18  ±28.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Shelby County: 7.5% † 1,554 (±1.4% / ±292.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

100% ±42.3% (367  ±103.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Shelby County: 94.5% 14,240 (±4.1% / ±611.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
16.9% ±11.2% (62  ±45.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Shelby County: 17.6% † 2,651 (±2% / ±296.8)
  • about half 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

N/A Foreign-born population

8.6% ±5.1% (35  ±24) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 9.7% † 1,593 (±1.2% / ±200)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
35 Total veterans ±24 35 Male ±24 N/A Female ±12

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