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Knox township, Knox County, IL

4,871 Population
35.4 square miles 137.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.5 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Knox County: 42.6 ±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

$37,202 ±$2,739 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Knox County: $31,878 ±$1,182
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$82,353 ±$15,501 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Knox County: $57,030 ±$3,310
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.3% ±4.2% (536  ±197) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Knox County: 14.6% † 6,599 (±1.6% / ±707)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.5 minutes ±2.1 (42,310  ±5,662) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Knox County: 20.4 399,770 (±1.5 / ±31,559)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,126 ±134 Number of households
  • Knox County: 20,972 ±403
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (4,732  ±35) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Knox County: 2.2 45,077 (±0 / ±190)
  • 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

6.1% ±3.7% (54  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Knox County: 5.7% † 552 (±1.8% / ±173)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,326 ±144 Number of housing units
  • Knox County: 23,758 ±93
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$143,100 ±$16,844 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Knox County: $111,900 ±$4,687
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.4% ±4.3% (501  ±205.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Knox County: 10.2% † 4,940 (±1.2% / ±598.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.2% ±7.1% (3,374  ±288.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Knox County: 89.9% 30,837 (±2.9% / ±1,004.4)
  • a little 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)
26.2% ±3.8% (919  ±138.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Knox County: 21% 7,190 (±1.4% / ±485)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.8% ±0.8% (39  ±38) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Knox County: 3.2% 1,562
  • 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

8.6% ±2.1% (328  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Knox County: 7.3% † 2,858 (±0.7% / ±285)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
328 Total veterans ±81 295 Male ±70 33 Female ±32

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