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Scales Mound township, Jo Daviess County, IL

707 Population
18.5 square miles 38.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jo Daviess County: 50.9 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,344 ±$6,108 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jo Daviess County: $42,797 ±$2,288
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$71,786 ±$13,410 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Jo Daviess County: $74,954 ±$5,135
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

5.2% ±3.7% (37  ±27) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jo Daviess County: 8% † 1,746 (±1.4% / ±313)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

29 minutes ±9.8 (9,390  ±3,747) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Jo Daviess County: 21.3 203,090 (±0.4 / ±10,482)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

312 ±52 Number of households
  • Jo Daviess County: 10,385 ±261
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.3 ±0.1 (707  ±124) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jo Daviess County: 2.1 21,686 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

4% ±3.9% (5  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jo Daviess County: 4.8% † 172 (±2.4% / ±85)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

327 ±54 Number of housing units
  • Jo Daviess County: 13,425 ±49
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$226,100 ±$27,252 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Jo Daviess County: $193,900 ±$13,265
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

3.6% ±4.9% (25  ±34.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Jo Daviess County: 9.9% † 2,151 (±2.7% / ±578.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

95.6% ±21.2% (482  ±71.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jo Daviess County: 93.4% 15,483 (±4.3% / ±717.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
15.7% ±6.4% (79  ±34.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Jo Daviess County: 28.8% 4,766 (±2.6% / ±425)
  • 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

0.7% ±1% (5  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Jo Daviess County: 1.5% 335
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

8% ±4.5% (44  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Jo Daviess County: 8.4% † 1,491 (±1.2% / ±207)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
44 Total veterans ±26 42 Male ±25 2 Female ±4

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