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Bowling Green township, Fayette County, IL

157 Population
25.5 square miles 6.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±27.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Fayette County: 41.7 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,318 ±$9,364 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Fayette County: $30,865 ±$2,345
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$62,361 ±$14,736 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Fayette County: $57,113 ±$4,152
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

10.8% ±15.2% (17  ±25) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Fayette County: 16.5% † 3,324 (±3.4% / ±690)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

31.5 minutes ±22.2 (2,675  ±1,310) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Fayette County: 23.9 198,330 (±0.8 / ±12,646)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

62 ±26 Number of households
  • Fayette County: 7,832 ±188
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.5 ±0.3 (157  ±68) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Fayette County: 2.6 20,296 (±0.1 / ±65)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

62 ±26 Number of housing units
  • Fayette County: 8,849 ±55
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$114,600 ±$52,768 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Fayette County: $114,700 ±$10,288
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

81.4% ±21.4% (92  ±46) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Fayette County: 87.3% 13,195 (±4% / ±611.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
13.3% ±28.9% (15  ±33.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Fayette County: 16.6% † 2,511 (±2.1% / ±310.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

8.1% ±6.6% (10  ±9) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Fayette County: 6.6% † 1,129 (±1.1% / ±184)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
10 Total veterans ±9 10 Male ±9 N/A Female ±12

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