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Tower Hill township, Shelby County, IL

905 Population
34.8 square miles 26 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.3 ±9.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Shelby County: 45.5 ±0.5
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,350 ±$7,250 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
$78,846 ±$31,858 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Shelby County: $68,457 ±$3,654
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

11.3% ±6.6% (101  ±67) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 10% † 2,053 (±1.7% / ±360)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

17.1 minutes ±12 (7,345  ±3,456) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Shelby County: 21.1 196,460 (±1.3 / ±14,567)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

374 ±123 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 8,795 ±251
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.4 ±1.1 (905  ±291) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Shelby County: 2.4 20,661 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

10.8% ±14.7% (14  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Shelby County: 4.5% † 178 (±1.7% / ±68)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

633 ±163 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 10,054 ±35
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$134,400 ±$73,607 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Shelby County: $130,400 ±$8,485
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

4.4% ±5% (38  ±45.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Shelby County: 7.5% † 1,554 (±1.4% / ±292.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

92.6% ±42% (675  ±192) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 94.5% 14,240 (±4.1% / ±611.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
3.8% ±4.1% (28  ±31.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Shelby County: 17.6% † 2,651 (±2% / ±296.8)
  • about 10 percent 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

N/A Foreign-born population

13% ±7.9% (99  ±69) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Shelby County: 9.7% † 1,593 (±1.2% / ±200)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
99 Total veterans ±69 71 Male ±55 28 Female ±40

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