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Wauponsee township, Grundy County, IL

2,337 Population
26.8 square miles 87.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.7 ±8.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Grundy County: 38.6 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$53,610 ±$7,491 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Grundy County: $43,744 ±$1,713
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$102,375 ±$19,686 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Grundy County: $93,060 ±$4,776
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

3% ±1.9% (71  ±45) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Grundy County: 6.3% † 3,307 (±1.1% / ±592)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

24.4 minutes ±1.9 (29,365  ±6,093) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Grundy County: 27.6 663,170 (±1.1 / ±34,609)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

968 ±171 Number of households
  • Grundy County: 20,518 ±199
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.4 ±0.5 (2,323  ±313) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Grundy County: 2.6 52,566 (±0 / ±6)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

8.1% ±6.9% (46  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Grundy County: 4% † 489 (±1.4% / ±168)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

1,145 ±172 Number of housing units
  • Grundy County: 21,324 ±45
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$257,100 ±$26,420 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Grundy County: $259,200 ±$8,685
  • a little higher than the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

18.5% ±10.8% (423  ±253.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Grundy County: 8.9% † 4,681 (±1.6% / ±813.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

98.3% ±5.8% (1,681  ±236.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Grundy County: 94.2% 33,173 (±3.5% / ±1,241.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
23.4% ±8.8% (401  ±159.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Grundy County: 24.2% 8,531 (±2% / ±719.7)
  • about three-fifths 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

5.7% ±4.9% (133  ±115) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Grundy County: 3.5% 1,842
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

11.3% ±3.8% (211  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Grundy County: 7.9% † 3,152 (±1% / ±413)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
211 Total veterans ±77 211 Male ±77 N/A Female ±12

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