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Wheatland township, Fayette County, IL

371 Population
36.7 square miles 10.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±27.9 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

$30,186 ±$12,129 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Fayette County: $30,865 ±$2,345
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$53,359 ±$27,847 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Fayette County: $57,113 ±$4,152
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

7.8% ±6.5% (29  ±27) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Fayette County: 16.5% † 3,324 (±3.4% / ±690)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

35.5 minutes ±30.7 (5,390  ±3,273) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Fayette County: 23.9 198,330 (±0.8 / ±12,646)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

141 ±50 Number of households
  • Fayette County: 7,832 ±188
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.6 ±0.6 (371  ±158) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Fayette County: 2.6 20,296 (±0.1 / ±65)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

15.2% ±15.9% (12  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Fayette County: 7.7% † 337 (±2.4% / ±104)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

156 ±53 Number of housing units
  • Fayette County: 8,849 ±55
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$242,100 ±$101,570 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Fayette County: $114,700 ±$10,288
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

2.8% ±7.1% (10  ±25.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Fayette County: 8.1% † 1,695 (±1.3% / ±278.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

82.7% ±39.3% (225  ±74.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than 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)
18.8% ±17.7% (51  ±51.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Fayette County: 16.6% † 2,511 (±2.1% / ±310.1)
  • about half 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

4.6% ±3.6% (14  ±12) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Fayette County: 6.6% † 1,129 (±1.1% / ±184)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
14 Total veterans ±12 14 Male ±12 N/A Female ±12

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