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Melrose township, Clark County, IL

359 Population
32.9 square miles 10.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Clark County: 42.6 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,735 ±$11,631 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Clark County: $37,528 ±$2,437
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$122,917 ±$75,238 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Clark County: $72,927 ±$4,958
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

0.8% ±1.6% (3  ±6) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Clark County: 9.2% † 1,366 (±1.9% / ±283)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.6 minutes ±22.9 (3,805  ±2,269) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Clark County: 25.2 167,690 (±1.8 / ±14,015)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

118 ±55 Number of households
  • Clark County: 6,555 ±190
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±1.2 (359  ±221) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Clark County: 2.3 14,983 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

126 ±56 Number of housing units
  • Clark County: 7,307 ±37
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$137,000 ±$68,411 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Clark County: $132,400 † ±$15,582
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

36.5% ±52.8% (131  ±206.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Clark County: 9.9% † 1,491 (±3% / ±450.3)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.5% ±51.5% (186  ±72.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Clark County: 92.5% 9,969 (±5.4% / ±577.9)
  • 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)
8.4% ±14.4% (20  ±35.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Clark County: 24.9% † 2,685 (±3.1% / ±335.3)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about one-quarter of 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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.1% ±4.8% (13  ±14) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Clark County: 7.8% † 925 (±1.3% / ±151)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
13 Total veterans ±14 13 Male ±14 N/A Female ±13

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