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Ellington township, Adams County, IL

2,755 Population
34.3 square miles 80.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±9.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Adams County: 41.4 ±0.4
  • 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

$48,087 ±$8,005 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Adams County: $37,595 ±$1,628
  • a little higher than the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$105,901 ±$8,491 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Adams County: $66,220 ±$3,435
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.4% ±6.2% (148  ±170) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Adams County: 12.8% † 8,084 (±1.5% / ±929)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.7 minutes ±1.4 (18,315  ±2,945) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Adams County: 16.9 499,985 (±0.6 / ±23,035)
  • about half the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,033 ±129 Number of households
  • Adams County: 27,915 ±376
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (2,755  ±16) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Adams County: 2.3 62,879 (±0 / ±52)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±5% (27  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Adams County: 4.8% † 664 (±1.2% / ±166)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,166 ±157 Number of housing units
  • Adams County: 30,302 ±58
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$233,900 ±$18,783 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Adams County: $162,600 ±$4,166
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3% ±4.1% (82  ±110.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Adams County: 11.3% † 7,237 (±1.5% / ±970.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.9% ±11.1% (1,897  ±278.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Adams County: 93.8% 42,244 (±2.9% / ±1,298.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
34.8% ±8.4% (674  ±173.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Adams County: 27.5% 12,365 (±1.6% / ±713.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • a little less than 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

0.4% ±0.5% (10  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Adams County: 1.2% 791
  • 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

8.5% ±4.8% (169  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Adams County: 7.7% † 3,872 (±0.8% / ±417)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
169 Total veterans ±97 156 Male ±96 13 Female ±20

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