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Western township, Henry County, IL

2,887 Population
35.5 square miles 81.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Henry County: 43.6 ±0.3
  • 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

$42,728 ±$3,110 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Henry County: $39,614 ±$1,660
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$99,355 ±$11,639 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Henry County: $71,911 ±$2,277
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.4% ±1.7% (127  ±49) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Henry County: 8.9% † 4,264 (±1.5% / ±692)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23 minutes ±0.7 (29,130  ±3,363) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Henry County: 22.2 464,985 (±0.9 / ±23,828)
  • 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

1,144 ±92 Number of households
  • Henry County: 20,272 ±378
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (2,887  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Henry County: 2.4 47,924 (±0 / ±17)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.5% ±3.1% (16  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Henry County: 4.5% † 448 (±1.8% / ±173)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,229 ±118 Number of housing units
  • Henry County: 22,210 ±40
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$179,200 ±$13,555 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Henry County: $151,600 ±$6,905
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.5% ±2.9% (186  ±82) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Henry County: 9.6% † 4,619 (±1.4% / ±685.3)
  • about three-fifths of 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

98.2% ±8.1% (1,892  ±192) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Henry County: 92.4% 32,129 (±2.9% / ±1,021.7)
  • 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)
28.7% ±4.9% (553  ±99.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Henry County: 24.7% 8,606 (±1.6% / ±555)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about 80 percent 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

0.4% ±0.4% (11  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Henry County: 1.7% 837
  • 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

6.3% ±3.3% (136  ±72) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Henry County: 7.5% † 2,842 (±0.8% / ±313)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
136 Total veterans ±72 134 Male ±72 2 Female ±4

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