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Elk township, Jackson County, IL

1,444 Population
35.8 square miles 40.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±6 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Jackson County: 32.4 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,606 ±$2,526 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $30,227 ±$1,423
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,940 ±$7,065 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Jackson County: $48,763 ±$3,394
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.8% ±6.8% (271  ±105) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 21% 10,305 (±1.9% / ±941)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.2 minutes ±1.2 (14,660  ±3,112) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Jackson County: 20.3 394,325 (±1.1 / ±27,313)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

645 ±74 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 22,955 ±550
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (1,444  ±209) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Jackson County: 2.1 48,943 (±0.1 / ±43)
  • 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

13.6% ±8% (41  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Jackson County: 6.3% † 868 (±2.1% / ±287)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

744 ±77 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 27,727 ±47
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$76,900 ±$13,497 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Jackson County: $137,300 ±$9,859
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.9% ±4.9% (154  ±72.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Jackson County: 21.2% 11,116 (±1.8% / ±926.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.1% ±1.9% (876  ±113.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 92.9% 29,348 (±3.2% / ±1,032.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.2% ±3.8% (125  ±42.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Jackson County: 36.3% 11,475 (±1.8% / ±555.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about one-third 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

2.8% ±2.4% (41  ±35) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Jackson County: 5.7% 3,012
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.7% ±2.6% (87  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jackson County: 5% † 2,159 (±0.6% / ±247)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
87 Total veterans ±31 86 Male ±30 1 Female ±3

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