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Watson township, Effingham County, IL

3,185 Population
35.8 square miles 88.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±2.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Effingham County: 40 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,971 ±$3,738 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Effingham County: $40,117 ±$1,490
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$77,209 ±$10,189 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Effingham County: $80,404 ±$3,469
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.8% ±3% (215  ±94) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Effingham County: 10.1% † 3,444 (±2.3% / ±768)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18 minutes ±5.7 (25,755  ±8,668) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Effingham County: 18.1 275,865 (±0.8 / ±17,277)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,316 ±97 Number of households
  • Effingham County: 13,951 ±274
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (3,185  ±35) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Effingham County: 2.4 34,042 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • 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

5.8% ±3.9% (33  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Effingham County: 6.8% † 484 (±2.1% / ±148)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,316 ±97 Number of housing units
  • Effingham County: 15,413 ±32
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$171,400 ±$27,166 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Effingham County: $189,500 ±$10,445
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.2% ±2.4% (134  ±74.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Effingham County: 8% † 2,724 (±1.4% / ±475.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.4% ±8.8% (2,196  ±233.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Effingham County: 93% 22,179 (±3.4% / ±816.7)
  • a little 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)
20.6% ±4.9% (473  ±115.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Effingham County: 26.9% 6,409 (±1.9% / ±461.5)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about three-fifths 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

2.2% ±2% (71  ±64) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Effingham County: 1.6% 563
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±2.9% (155  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Effingham County: 6.9% † 1,799 (±0.7% / ±194)
  • 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)
155 Total veterans ±73 155 Male ±73 N/A Female ±13

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