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Wards Grove township, Jo Daviess County, IL

308 Population
17.9 square miles 17.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.3 ±26.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jo Daviess County: 51.5 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,209 ±$11,071 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Jo Daviess County: $44,251 ±$2,263
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$83,832 ±$16,847 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Jo Daviess County: $73,993 ±$4,296
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.8% ±4.2% (21  ±16) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 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)

20.6 minutes ±10.8 (2,040  ±1,768) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jo Daviess County: 22.1 200,375 (±1.4 / ±15,355)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

143 ±70 Number of households
  • Jo Daviess County: 10,391 ±280
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±1.4 (308  ±141) Persons per household
  • a little 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 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

143 ±70 Number of housing units
  • Jo Daviess County: 13,440 ±38
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$311,700 ±$59,706 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Jo Daviess County: $209,900 ±$10,953
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

97.1% ±60.3% (230  ±93.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jo Daviess County: 93.2% 15,470 (±4% / ±659.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
46% ±29.3% (109  ±46.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jo Daviess County: 28.9% 4,801 (±2.4% / ±399.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about 1.3 times 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

2.6% ±3.7% (8  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jo Daviess County: 1.9% 418
  • 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

N/A Population with veteran status
N/A Total veterans ±13 N/A Male ±13 N/A Female ±13

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