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Carthage township, Hancock County, IL

2,941 Population
40.2 square miles 73.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±4.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Hancock County: 46.3 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,333 ±$4,087 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hancock County: $36,671 ±$2,301
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$84,779 ±$12,472 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Hancock County: $65,044 ±$3,235
  • a little higher than the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

5.3% ±2.3% (149  ±66) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hancock County: 12.7% † 2,182 (±1.9% / ±325)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

17.3 minutes ±2.9 (28,200  ±5,502) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Hancock County: 23.6 173,960 (±1 / ±9,988)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

1,269 ±96 Number of households
  • Hancock County: 7,515 ±179
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.2 ±0.2 (2,809  ±50) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Hancock County: 2.3 17,172 (±0.1 / ±42)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

5.2% ±5.3% (27  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Hancock County: 5.3% † 170 (±1.8% / ±56)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

1,541 ±121 Number of housing units
  • Hancock County: 8,959 ±57
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$121,200 ±$9,124 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hancock County: $108,400 ±$3,897
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

9.1% ±4.4% (267  ±129.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Hancock County: 9.2% † 1,577 (±1.6% / ±267.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

96.2% ±11.1% (2,061  ±262.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hancock County: 94% 11,829 (±3.9% / ±492.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
37.2% ±8.1% (797  ±179.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hancock County: 24.2% 3,043 (±2.2% / ±274.5)
  • about the same as 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

3.7% ±2.1% (109  ±62) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Hancock County: 1.4% 244
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

4.1% ±1.9% (98  ±46) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hancock County: 7.1% † 975 (±1% / ±136)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
98 Total veterans ±46 88 Male ±45 10 Female ±12

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