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Pekin township, Tazewell County, IL

27,329 Population
12.3 square miles 2,221.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Tazewell County: 41.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,543 ±$1,573 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tazewell County: $40,072 ±$1,039
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$57,633 ±$3,344 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tazewell County: $76,704 ±$1,776
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

12.7% ±2.3% (3,425  ±626) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tazewell County: 8.7% † 11,135 (±1% / ±1,251)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

20.5 minutes ±0.6 (257,945  ±15,465) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Tazewell County: 20.9 1,161,640 (±0.6 / ±41,035)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

12,318 ±384 Number of households
  • Tazewell County: 53,812 ±510
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.2 ±0.1 (27,036  ±38) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tazewell County: 2.4 127,778 (±0 / ±84)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

5.4% ±2% (322  ±123) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tazewell County: 3.8% † 1,069 (±0.8% / ±210)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

13,503 ±393 Number of housing units
  • Tazewell County: 58,664 ±79
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$111,500 ±$3,607 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tazewell County: $164,500 ±$3,475
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

10.7% ±2.3% (2,897  ±608) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Tazewell County: 10.3% 13,273 (±0.9% / ±1,158.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

90.6% ±4.2% (17,492  ±907.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Tazewell County: 94% 86,406 (±2.2% / ±2,019.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
17.7% ±2.3% (3,423  ±456.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tazewell County: 28.4% 26,063 (±1.2% / ±1,091.6)
  • 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

1.2% ±0.7% (332  ±202) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tazewell County: 1.4% 1,850
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

8.1% ±1.5% (1,771  ±333) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tazewell County: 7.4% 7,474 (±0.5% / ±546)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
1,771 Total veterans ±333 1,601 Male ±322 170 Female ±84

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