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Jersey township, Jersey County, IL

9,918 Population
47 square miles 211.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±3.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Jersey County: 43.2 ±0.9
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,845 ±$2,918 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Jersey County: $38,238 ±$2,813
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$72,317 ±$10,321 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jersey County: $79,104 ±$7,390
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

12.8% ±5.3% (1,223  ±506) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Jersey County: 10% † 2,028 (±3.3% / ±668)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

25.7 minutes ±3.8 (96,235  ±17,660) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Jersey County: 26.6 229,535 (±2.1 / ±22,702)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

3,958 ±215 Number of households
  • Jersey County: 7,984 ±274
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.4 ±0.1 (9,570  ±30) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Jersey County: 2.6 20,377 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

5.8% ±4.3% (123  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Jersey County: 5.5% † 258 (±2.5% / ±116)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

4,562 ±228 Number of housing units
  • Jersey County: 9,884 ±39
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$153,400 ±$23,917 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jersey County: $168,800 ±$12,883
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

11.9% ±4.8% (1,171  ±469.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jersey County: 10.8% † 2,292 (±2.8% / ±597.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

91.5% ±8.2% (6,352  ±603.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jersey County: 93.7% 14,033 (±5.2% / ±784.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
22.5% ±4.8% (1,560  ±333.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jersey County: 20.5% † 3,071 (±2.7% / ±408.7)
  • 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

0.9% ±0.6% (87  ±63) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jersey County: 1% 213
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

7.4% ±2.5% (564  ±191) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jersey County: 9% † 1,543 (±1.5% / ±248)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
564 Total veterans ±191 564 Male ±191 N/A Female ±17

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