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Pekin township, Tazewell County, IL

27,280 Population
12.3 square miles 2,217.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Tazewell County: 41.9 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,039 ±$1,748 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tazewell County: $41,190 ±$930
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,074 ±$3,420 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tazewell County: $77,982 ±$1,962
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.7% ±2.7% (3,421  ±733) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tazewell County: 9% † 11,453 (±0.9% / ±1,199)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.2 minutes ±1.5 (267,750  ±22,539) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Tazewell County: 20.8 1,148,405 (±0.7 / ±47,068)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

12,454 ±419 Number of households
  • Tazewell County: 54,051 ±517
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (26,957  ±45) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tazewell County: 2.4 127,264 (±0 / ±88)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±1.8% (284  ±107) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tazewell County: 4.1% † 1,136 (±0.8% / ±230)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

13,497 ±423 Number of housing units
  • Tazewell County: 58,731 ±93
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$113,800 ±$3,918 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tazewell County: $167,500 ±$2,913
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.9% ±2.1% (2,671  ±555.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Tazewell County: 10.2% 13,100 (±0.9% / ±1,147.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92% ±4.6% (17,797  ±1,000.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tazewell County: 94.3% 86,836 (±2.2% / ±2,030.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17% ±2.2% (3,290  ±435.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tazewell County: 28.4% 26,144 (±1.1% / ±1,045.5)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.5% ±0.9% (400  ±234) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tazewell County: 1.6% 2,101
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±1.5% (1,756  ±337) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tazewell County: 7% 7,061 (±0.5% / ±536)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,756 Total veterans ±337 1,598 Male ±319 158 Female ±87

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