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Wheatland township, Fayette County, IL

405 Population
36.7 square miles 11 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±20.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Fayette County: 41.9 ±0.8
  • 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

$33,350 ±$11,855 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Fayette County: $32,197 ±$1,813
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,750 ±$55,870 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Fayette County: $60,944 ±$3,842
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.5% ±2.1% (6  ±9) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Fayette County: 15.5% † 3,117 (±2.6% / ±527)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

36.3 minutes ±31.5 (6,720  ±4,062) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Fayette County: 25.5 214,560 (±1 / ±14,306)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

144 ±51 Number of households
  • Fayette County: 7,814 ±188
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.7 (405  ±179) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Fayette County: 2.6 20,324 (±0.1 / ±69)
  • about 10 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

19.1% ±20.6% (13  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Fayette County: 7.1% † 310 (±2.1% / ±92)
  • 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

158 ±55 Number of housing units
  • Fayette County: 8,808 ±77
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$275,000 ±$123,510 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Fayette County: $130,700 ±$9,309
  • a little higher than the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

90.6% ±43.3% (241  ±80.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Fayette County: 87.3% 13,175 (±4% / ±605.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.2% ±18.8% (59  ±53.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Fayette County: 17.2% † 2,592 (±2.2% / ±337)
  • about three-fifths of 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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.4% ±3.3% (14  ±12) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Fayette County: 6.7% † 1,141 (±0.9% / ±152)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
14 Total veterans ±12 14 Male ±12 N/A Female ±13

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