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Wauponsee township, Grundy County, IL

2,742 Population
26.8 square miles 102.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Grundy County: 38.3 ±0.6
  • 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

$50,272 ±$7,453 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Grundy County: $43,656 ±$1,661
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$117,928 ±$28,022 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Grundy County: $92,235 ±$7,255
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.8% ±1.9% (75  ±51) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Grundy County: 6% † 3,154 (±1.1% / ±566)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.9 minutes ±2.8 (27,570  ±5,555) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Grundy County: 26.8 640,030 (±1.1 / ±33,528)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,045 ±143 Number of households
  • Grundy County: 20,595 ±212
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (2,731  ±435) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Grundy County: 2.6 52,887 (±0 / ±7)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.5% ±7.2% (47  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Grundy County: 4.1% † 495 (±1.4% / ±171)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,192 ±133 Number of housing units
  • Grundy County: 21,384 ±101
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$293,800 ±$84,347 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Grundy County: $271,700 ±$10,409
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.8% ±7.8% (374  ±218.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Grundy County: 9.2% † 4,842 (±1.6% / ±842.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.3% ±8.4% (1,717  ±255.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Grundy County: 93.8% 33,386 (±3.4% / ±1,240.8)
  • 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)
27.5% ±9.3% (485  ±174.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Grundy County: 23.6% 8,390 (±1.8% / ±627.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about three-quarters 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

5% ±3% (138  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Grundy County: 4.1% 2,180
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.1% ±3.2% (195  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Grundy County: 7.1% † 2,854 (±0.9% / ±345)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
195 Total veterans ±65 195 Male ±65 N/A Female ±13

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