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La Harpe, IL

1,273 Population
1.4 square miles 933.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±7.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hancock County: 46.9 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$31,039 ±$5,160 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hancock County: $37,092 ±$2,485
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
$49,205 ±$3,975 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Hancock County: $65,865 ±$3,254
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362

12.9% ±7.4% (161  ±96) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Hancock County: 12.3% † 2,085 (±1.9% / ±328)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)

29.4 minutes ±5.1 (16,055  ±4,266) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Hancock County: 24.1 173,525 (±1.2 / ±10,624)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)

Families

575 ±87 Number of households
  • Hancock County: 7,613 ±178
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
2.2 ±0.5 (1,257  ±190) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hancock County: 2.2 17,004 (±0.1 / ±44)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980

7.8% ±5.6% (20  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hancock County: 5.3% † 169 (±2.2% / ±71)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)

Housing

628 ±99 Number of housing units
  • Hancock County: 8,938 ±48
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471

$86,400 ±$10,200 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Hancock County: $113,800 ±$4,244
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797

7.3% ±4.9% (91  ±62.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hancock County: 9% † 1,533 (±1.7% / ±296.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)

Social

87.6% ±4.4% (769  ±123.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Hancock County: 93.6% 11,698 (±3.8% / ±472.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
25.6% ±6.2% (225  ±64.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hancock County: 25.1% 3,138 (±2% / ±250.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)

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

0.6% ±1.3% (8  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hancock County: 1.5% 251
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449

8.1% ±3.9% (78  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hancock County: 7.1% † 962 (±1% / ±133)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
78 Total veterans ±39 72 Male ±38 6 Female ±7

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