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Patton township, Ford County, IL

5,173 Population
61.3 square miles 84.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Ford County: 41.9 ±0.9
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,649 ±$2,936 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Ford County: $34,075 ±$1,815
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,750 ±$9,628 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ford County: $62,439 ±$5,373
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.8% ±2.7% (372  ±128) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ford County: 12.4% † 1,594 (±2.5% / ±317)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.4 minutes ±1.5 (58,715  ±6,845) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ford County: 24.6 139,095 (±1.7 / ±11,894)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,208 ±128 Number of households
  • Ford County: 5,828 ±123
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (4,919  ±40) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ford County: 2.2 13,001 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.2% ±5.1% (101  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times 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)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,406 ±112 Number of housing units
  • Ford County: 6,263 ±21
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$125,700 ±$14,220 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Ford County: $122,000 ±$5,410
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6% ±2.5% (308  ±126.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ford County: 7.4% † 977 (±1.7% / ±221)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94% ±8.5% (3,365  ±338.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ford County: 91.6% 8,495 (±5.2% / ±485.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.1% ±4.2% (755  ±152.1) 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

0.5% ±0.6% (27  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Ford County: 2.7% 355
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.4% ±2.2% (328  ±87) Population with veteran status
  • a little 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 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
328 Total veterans ±87 278 Male ±85 50 Female ±37

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