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Fenton township, Whiteside County, IL

556 Population
34.9 square miles 15.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.4 ±25.3 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Whiteside County: 43.4 ±0.5
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,892 ±$12,497 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Whiteside County: $36,788 ±$1,633
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$55,926 ±$9,233 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Whiteside County: $64,536 ±$4,377
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

11.9% ±9.7% (66  ±58) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Whiteside County: 12.1% † 6,509 (±1.4% / ±777)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

19.5 minutes ±2.4 (4,855  ±2,370) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Whiteside County: 19.9 488,495 (±1.1 / ±30,410)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

254 ±81 Number of households
  • Whiteside County: 23,215 ±304
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.2 ±0.2 (556  ±185) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Whiteside County: 2.3 54,185 (±0 / ±13)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

13.8% ±18.3% (13  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Whiteside County: 4.6% † 511 (±1.4% / ±158)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

254 ±81 Number of housing units
  • Whiteside County: 25,850 ±67
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$216,700 ±$30,773 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Whiteside County: $125,800 ±$5,062
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

5.5% ±6.2% (30  ±35.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Whiteside County: 9% † 4,898 (±1.1% / ±612.1)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

96.7% ±43.6% (433  ±124.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Whiteside County: 91% 35,331 (±2.7% / ±1,061.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
10% ±9.9% (45  ±47.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Whiteside County: 20.1% 7,792 (±1.4% / ±540.7)
  • about one-quarter 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

8.2% ±5.9% (39  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Whiteside County: 8.2% † 3,542 (±0.9% / ±380)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
39 Total veterans ±31 39 Male ±31 N/A Female ±12

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