Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Wapella township, De Witt County, IL

1,091 Population
29.1 square miles 37.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

38 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in De Witt County: 43.7 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,069 ±$5,672 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in De Witt County: $38,005 ±$1,911
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$86,250 ±$25,328 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in De Witt County: $71,678 ±$6,810
  • a little higher than the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.7% ±1.1% (18  ±12) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in De Witt County: 10% † 1,505 (±2.7% / ±413)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.9 minutes ±3.9 (12,720  ±3,830) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in De Witt County: 23.3 152,440 (±1.1 / ±10,509)
  • 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

447 ±92 Number of households
  • De Witt County: 6,595 ±173
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.7 (1,091  ±218) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in De Witt County: 2.3 15,149 (±0.1 / ±50)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.4% ±5.7% (16  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in De Witt County: 4.7% † 146 (±2.4% / ±74)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

473 ±95 Number of housing units
  • De Witt County: 7,320 ±34
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$215,300 ±$57,434 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in De Witt County: $130,300 ±$10,039
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.2% ±2.6% (24  ±28.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in De Witt County: 8.5% † 1,302 (±2.3% / ±352.1)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.5% ±2.3% (715  ±146.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in De Witt County: 94% 10,326 (±4.5% / ±491.5)
  • 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)
25.9% ±9.5% (190  ±79.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in De Witt County: 23.2% † 2,550 (±2.4% / ±265.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.1% ±0.2% (1  ±2) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in De Witt County: 1.8% 279
  • 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

9.7% ±4.4% (77  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in De Witt County: 10% † 1,208 (±1.5% / ±175)
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
77 Total veterans ±38 66 Male ±34 11 Female ±13

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.