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Button township, Ford County, IL

139 Population
34 square miles 4.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±26.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Ford County: 41.9 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,397 ±$8,519 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ford County: $34,075 ±$1,815
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$102,083 ±$30,687 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Ford County: $62,439 ±$5,373
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

N/A Persons below poverty line

N/A

Families

48 ±26 Number of households
  • Ford County: 5,828 ±123
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±2.2 (139  ±74) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Ford County: 2.2 13,001 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

37.5% ±26.5% (9  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Ford County: 6.7% † 189 (±2.3% / ±65)
  • 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

48 ±26 Number of housing units
  • Ford County: 6,263 ±21
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$106,300 ±$56,223 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ford County: $122,000 ±$5,410
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19% ±21.4% (23  ±28.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Ford County: 7.4% † 977 (±1.7% / ±221)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.7% ±31.2% (86  ±50.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ford County: 91.6% 8,495 (±5.2% / ±485.1)
  • about 10 percent 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)
21.6% ±39.4% (19  ±35.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ford County: 18.9% † 1,749 (±2.4% / ±220.7)
  • 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

8.7% ±7.4% (9  ±9) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ford County: 7.9% † 814 (±1.6% / ±164)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
9 Total veterans ±9 9 Male ±9 N/A Female ±13

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