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Ross township, Edgar County, IL

1,437 Population
36.6 square miles 39.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48 ±17.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Edgar County: 46.6 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,282 ±$5,001 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Edgar County: $35,038 ±$2,131
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,850 ±$11,623 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Edgar County: $59,941 † ±$6,477
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.3% ±7.9% (192  ±108) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Edgar County: 12% † 1,936 (±2.2% / ±351)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.9 minutes ±7.8 (10,265  ±2,520) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Edgar County: 17.9 † 127,550 (±1.9 / ±15,214)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

551 ±86 Number of households
  • Edgar County: 7,567 ±174
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (1,276  ±270) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Edgar County: 2.1 16,142 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.1% ±4.7% (11  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Edgar County: 3.8% † 124 (±2.1% / ±68)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

637 ±92 Number of housing units
  • Edgar County: 8,214 ±29
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$94,300 ±$19,937 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Edgar County: $97,300 ±$5,863
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.9% ±14.4% (254  ±210.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Edgar County: 11.7% † 1,928 (±2.6% / ±432.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.1% ±4.7% (979  ±151.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Edgar County: 89.2% 10,860 (±4.8% / ±584.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.4% ±7.1% (241  ±81.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Edgar County: 20.4% † 2,483 (±2.5% / ±299)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.2% ±0.4% (3  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Edgar County: 1% 171
  • 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

6.3% ±2.5% (68  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Edgar County: 5.7% † 753 (±1% / ±131)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
68 Total veterans ±29 68 Male ±29 N/A Female ±13

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