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West township, Effingham County, IL

376 Population
36.9 square miles 10.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±13.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Effingham County: 40 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,221 ±$12,576 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Effingham County: $40,117 ±$1,490
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$95,875 ±$43,760 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Effingham County: $80,404 ±$3,469
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.1% ±3.1% (8  ±12) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Effingham County: 10.1% † 3,444 (±2.3% / ±768)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25 minutes ±11.8 (3,370  ±2,784) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Effingham County: 18.1 275,865 (±0.8 / ±17,277)
  • 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

131 ±49 Number of households
  • Effingham County: 13,951 ±274
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.6 (376  ±162) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Effingham County: 2.4 34,042 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

17.7% ±23.5% (12  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Effingham County: 6.8% † 484 (±2.1% / ±148)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

131 ±49 Number of housing units
  • Effingham County: 15,413 ±32
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$215,600 ±$185,061 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Effingham County: $189,500 ±$10,445
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

95.9% ±20.8% (232  ±106.6) 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)
17.4% ±16.9% (42  ±44.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds 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 half 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

14.4% ±13.1% (42  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Effingham County: 6.9% † 1,799 (±0.7% / ±194)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
42 Total veterans ±42 42 Male ±42 N/A Female ±13

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