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Paradise township, Coles County, IL

925 Population
23.3 square miles 39.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.8 ±14.7 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Coles County: 37.5 ±0.6
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,601 ±$8,570 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Coles County: $33,885 ±$1,887
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$42,298 ±$22,916 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Coles County: $56,478 ±$3,441
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.1% ±7.5% (82  ±76) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Coles County: 18.7% † 8,056 (±2.2% / ±959)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.5 minutes ±9 (10,370  ±7,096) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Coles County: 18.2 363,985 (±1.2 / ±27,628)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

459 ±170 Number of households
  • Coles County: 20,824 ±326
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.4 (925  ±385) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Coles County: 2.1 42,965 (±0 / ±94)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

511 ±174 Number of housing units
  • Coles County: 22,681 ±65
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

7.8% ±12.3% (72  ±117.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Coles County: 16.5% † 7,610 (±2.1% / ±977)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

72.3% ±41.4% (467  ±154.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Coles County: 91.1% 27,607 (±3.7% / ±1,121.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
10.7% ±9.1% (69  ±67.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Coles County: 26.9% 8,153 (±2% / ±605.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about one-third 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

3.9% ±3.7% (32  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Coles County: 5.7% † 2,171 (±0.7% / ±264)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
32 Total veterans ±33 17 Male ±20 15 Female ±25

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