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Otter Creek township, Jersey County, IL

699 Population
36.5 square miles 19.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.9 ±9.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Jersey County: 43.2 ±0.9
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,651 ±$8,006 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jersey County: $38,238 ±$2,813
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$51,761 ±$25,087 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jersey County: $79,104 ±$7,390
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

14.5% ±11.8% (99  ±86) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jersey County: 10% † 2,028 (±3.3% / ±668)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

31.8 minutes ±3.6 (6,960  ±2,710) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jersey County: 26.6 229,535 (±2.1 / ±22,702)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

349 ±124 Number of households
  • Jersey County: 7,984 ±274
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2 ±0.9 (699  ±204) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jersey County: 2.6 20,377 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

505 ±138 Number of housing units
  • Jersey County: 9,884 ±39
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$164,200 ±$27,707 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Jersey County: $168,800 ±$12,883
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

4.3% ±5.1% (30  ±36.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Jersey County: 10.8% † 2,292 (±2.8% / ±597.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

93.3% ±37.6% (526  ±136.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jersey County: 93.7% 14,033 (±5.2% / ±784.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
14.2% ±7.2% (80  ±47.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jersey County: 20.5% † 3,071 (±2.7% / ±408.7)
  • about two-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

N/A Foreign-born population

22.3% ±15.5% (126  ±96) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Jersey County: 9% † 1,543 (±1.5% / ±248)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
126 Total veterans ±96 126 Male ±96 N/A Female ±12

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