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Mason township, Effingham County, IL

1,694 Population
37.1 square miles 45.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±10.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Effingham County: 39.3 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$29,559 ±$5,235 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Effingham County: $37,844 ±$1,643
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $43,198 ±$199
$66,719 ±$18,073 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Effingham County: $73,181 ±$3,811
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $78,433 ±$297

14.5% ±5% (244  ±93) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Effingham County: 10.8% † 3,680 (±1.7% / ±581)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,467,893 (±0.1% / ±16,574)

23.1 minutes ±7.2 (15,985  ±3,154) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Effingham County: 17.9 278,120 (±1.1 / ±19,434)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.4 154,142,480 (±0.1 / ±641,806)

Families

711 ±135 Number of households
  • Effingham County: 14,098 ±247
  • Illinois: 4,968,761 ±7,953
2.4 ±0.6 (1,694  ±276) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Effingham County: 2.4 34,118 (±0 / ±12)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,480,854

3.5% ±3% (11  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Effingham County: 7.4% † 528 (±1.7% / ±123)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 5.1% 152,825 (±0.1% / ±3,352)

Housing

747 ±138 Number of housing units
  • Effingham County: 15,313 ±58
  • Illinois: 5,427,357 ±1,016

$120,800 ±$17,996 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Effingham County: $166,500 ±$6,787
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $239,100 ±$749

11.5% ±5.9% (193  ±,104.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Effingham County: 10.5% † 3,594 (±1.7% / ±,589.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,494,528 (±0.1% / ±15,496.9)

Social

84.8% ±2.2% (992  ±,169.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Effingham County: 93.5% 22,194 (±3.3% / ±,790.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.1% 7,883,680 (±0.3% / ±22,258.1)
8.3% ±3.6% (97  ±45.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Effingham County: 26% 6,158 (±1.9% / ±,445.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 36.7% 3,207,450 (±0.2% / ±14,003.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.9% ±1.2% (15  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Effingham County: 2.3% 790
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.2% 1,804,681

10.1% ±3.4% (135  ±50) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Effingham County: 8% † 2,107 (±0.9% / ±229)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 5.2% 518,426 (±0.1% / ±6,053)
135 Total veterans ±50 124 Male ±45 11 Female ±10

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