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Zion-Benton Township High School District 126, IL

44,651 Population
36.2 square miles 1,232 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Lake County: 38.9 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,884 ±$2,709 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lake County: $55,756 ±$715
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$73,750 ±$5,960 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lake County: $108,917 ±$1,556
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

13.8% ±2.5% (6,109  ±1,087) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lake County: 8.1% 55,934 (±0.5% / ±3,307)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

28.6 minutes ±1.3 (556,725  ±38,235) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lake County: 28.8 8,578,485 (±0.4 / ±139,769)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

16,834 ±731 Number of households
  • Lake County: 256,660 ±936
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.6 ±0.1 (44,171  ±689) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lake County: 2.7 692,322 (±0 / ±145)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

2.8% ±1.8% (309  ±191) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lake County: 4.6% 7,468 (±0.5% / ±744)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

17,773 ±756 Number of housing units
  • Lake County: 270,083 ±177
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$200,700 ±$7,857 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lake County: $326,600 ±$3,775
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

11.4% ±2% (5,070  ±883.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake County: 12.3% 86,662 (±0.5% / ±3,754.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

86.7% ±3.2% (25,467  ±1,303) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lake County: 90.6% 427,083 (±1% / ±4,668.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
17.4% ±1.9% (5,101  ±574.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lake County: 47% 221,369 (±0.7% / ±3,059.6)
  • 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

15.9% ±1.6% (7,094  ±734) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lake County: 19.5% 138,714
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

9% ±1.4% (3,050  ±489) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lake County: 5.1% 27,341 (±0.3% / ±1,327)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
3,050 Total veterans ±489 2,534 Male ±386 516 Female ±262

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