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Charleston township, Coles County, IL

19,289 Population
37.2 square miles 519 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Coles County: 38.2 ±0.7
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,970 ±$2,554 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Coles County: $33,965 ±$1,977
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$51,951 ±$5,704 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Coles County: $56,040 ±$3,322
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

22.6% ±3.2% (3,724  ±531) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Coles County: 18.4% † 7,950 (±2.1% / ±915)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

15.7 minutes ±1.5 (143,235  ±15,979) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Coles County: 18.2 374,160 (±0.9 / ±22,205)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

8,065 ±303 Number of households
  • Coles County: 20,335 ±394
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2 ±0.1 (16,296  ±109) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Coles County: 2.1 43,208 (±0 / ±69)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

4.5% ±2.6% (258  ±148) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Coles County: 4.9% † 565 (±1.7% / ±196)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

9,178 ±328 Number of housing units
  • Coles County: 22,717 ±50
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$142,500 ±$10,197 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Coles County: $121,900 ±$6,560
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

22.5% ±3.3% (4,288  ±635.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Coles County: 16.6% † 7,653 (±2.1% / ±952.4)
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

93.3% ±5.8% (10,182  ±725.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Coles County: 91.5% 27,724 (±3.5% / ±1,083.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
35.2% ±4% (3,845  ±451.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Coles County: 27.1% 8,225 (±2% / ±599.1)
  • a little less than 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

3.8% ±1.1% (739  ±216) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Coles County: 2.4% 1,117
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

5.3% ±1.2% (871  ±203) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Coles County: 6.6% † 2,522 (±0.7% / ±275)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
871 Total veterans ±203 846 Male ±204 25 Female ±24

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