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Grover township, Wayne County, IL

3,540 Population
19.6 square miles 180.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.1 ±7.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 42.8 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,646 ±$3,466 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Wayne County: $31,813 ±$2,605
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$42,267 ±$5,515 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wayne County: $55,521 ±$3,923
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.3% ±5.4% (365  ±190) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wayne County: 16.1% † 2,556 (±3.7% / ±592)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.1 minutes ±3.2 (25,285  ±5,485) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Wayne County: 24.2 158,980 (±1.6 / ±12,221)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,731 ±146 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 6,866 ±191
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.2 (3,536  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 2.3 15,851 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • about 80 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

2.6% ±2.9% (17  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Wayne County: 5.7% † 179 (±2% / ±64)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,930 ±158 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 7,680 ±30
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$97,900 ±$12,072 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $110,700 ±$6,140
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.9% ±7.3% (703  ±258.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 12.2% † 1,929 (±2.3% / ±366.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.7% ±10.7% (2,359  ±310.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wayne County: 89.6% 10,071 (±4% / ±456.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.7% ±4.4% (383  ±116.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 16.3% † 1,826 (±2% / ±223.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about two-fifths of 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

0.3% ±0.4% (9  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 2.2% 358
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±2.8% (183  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Wayne County: 6.6% † 816 (±0.9% / ±105)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
183 Total veterans ±81 120 Male ±56 63 Female ±57

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