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Ontario township, Knox County, IL

1,085 Population
36.2 square miles 30 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33 ±9.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Knox County: 42.4 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,794 ±$8,772 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Knox County: $29,614 ±$1,149
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$69,786 ±$13,205 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Knox County: $53,291 ±$3,809
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

2.4% ±1.8% (26  ±22) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Knox County: 15.9% † 7,220 (±1.9% / ±843)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

19.5 minutes ±1.6 (7,165  ±1,842) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Knox County: 20.6 396,505 (±1.1 / ±25,467)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

374 ±82 Number of households
  • Knox County: 20,765 ±425
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.9 ±0.8 (1,085  ±384) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Knox County: 2.2 45,350 (±0 / ±94)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

1.4% ±1.5% (4  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Knox County: 5% † 481 (±1.2% / ±119)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

395 ±82 Number of housing units
  • Knox County: 23,788 ±55
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$113,900 ±$25,652 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Knox County: $104,900 ±$4,462
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

1.2% ±2.1% (13  ±23.5) Moved since previous year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Knox County: 8.6% † 4,199 (±1% / ±497.5)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

97.1% ±30.4% (577  ±119.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Knox County: 89.3% 30,845 (±2.8% / ±981.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
37% ±7.2% (220  ±66.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Knox County: 20.3% 7,009 (±1.4% / ±485.4)
  • about the same as 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

0.3% ±0.5% (3  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Knox County: 3.3% 1,610
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

3.3% ±2% (23  ±15) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Knox County: 7.1% 2,789 (±0.7% / ±275)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
23 Total veterans ±15 23 Male ±15 N/A Female ±12

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