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Beardstown township, Cass County, IL

6,617 Population
25.6 square miles 258.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cass County: 38.3 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,050 ±$2,258 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Cass County: $32,954 ±$2,227
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,576 ±$5,859 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cass County: $68,125 ±$4,852
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.9% ±4% (914  ±261) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Cass County: 11.1% † 1,406 (±2.3% / ±286)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.7 minutes ±2.3 (47,180  ±7,188) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cass County: 21 109,005 (±1.7 / ±10,620)
  • about two-thirds 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

2,535 ±154 Number of households
  • Cass County: 5,128 ±148
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (6,514  ±28) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Cass County: 2.5 12,637 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.2% ±7% (133  ±101) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cass County: 7% † 192 (±3.7% / ±103)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,738 ±156 Number of housing units
  • Cass County: 5,676 ±27
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$83,900 ±$5,734 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cass County: $97,100 ±$4,542
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.7% ±5% (1,160  ±330.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cass County: 12% † 1,525 (±3.1% / ±386.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79% ±6.5% (3,360  ±319) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cass County: 86.4% 7,478 (±5.1% / ±447.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.6% ±3.4% (704  ±147.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cass County: 20.8% † 1,797 (±2.5% / ±218.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about half 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

26% ±3.2% (1,720  ±213) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Cass County: 14.2% 1,813
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.5% ±1.8% (218  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cass County: 5.9% † 565 (±1.1% / ±109)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
218 Total veterans ±85 207 Male ±80 11 Female ±17

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