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Scales Mound township, Jo Daviess County, IL

672 Population
18.5 square miles 36.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±9.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jo Daviess County: 51.5 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,822 ±$5,209 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jo Daviess County: $44,251 ±$2,263
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,762 ±$9,372 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Jo Daviess County: $73,993 ±$4,296
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.7% ±3.9% (45  ±27) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jo Daviess County: 7.8% † 1,695 (±1.1% / ±229)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.8 minutes ±11.9 (8,960  ±3,963) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Jo Daviess County: 22.1 200,375 (±1.4 / ±15,355)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

302 ±49 Number of households
  • Jo Daviess County: 10,391 ±280
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (672  ±111) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jo Daviess County: 2.1 21,594 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • 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

6.3% ±5% (7  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jo Daviess County: 5.9% † 210 (±2.7% / ±98)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

331 ±56 Number of housing units
  • Jo Daviess County: 13,440 ±38
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$207,100 ±$30,843 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Jo Daviess County: $209,900 ±$10,953
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

0.5% ±2.8% (3  ±18.9) Moved since previous year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Jo Daviess County: 10.7% † 2,325 (±2.1% / ±446.3)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.5% ±21.3% (450  ±69.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jo Daviess County: 93.2% 15,470 (±4% / ±659.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.1% ±6% (72  ±30.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Jo Daviess County: 28.9% 4,801 (±2.4% / ±399.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about two-fifths 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

1% ±1% (7  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Jo Daviess County: 1.9% 418
  • 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

9.3% ±5.1% (49  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Jo Daviess County: 7.3% † 1,305 (±1.1% / ±200)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
49 Total veterans ±28 45 Male ±28 4 Female ±5

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