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Sparta township, Knox County, IL

908 Population
36.1 square miles 25.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±10.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Knox County: 42.6 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,008 ±$4,216 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Knox County: $31,878 ±$1,182
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,028 ±$22,414 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Knox County: $57,030 ±$3,310
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.2% ±5.8% (65  ±54) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Knox County: 14.6% † 6,599 (±1.6% / ±707)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.1 minutes ±1.6 (11,250  ±3,290) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Knox County: 20.4 399,770 (±1.5 / ±31,559)
  • about 80 percent 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

421 ±97 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 (908  ±214) Persons per household
  • about the same as 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 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.6% ±2.7% (4  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Knox County: 5.7% † 552 (±1.8% / ±173)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

451 ±101 Number of housing units
  • Knox County: 23,758 ±93
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$108,100 ±$13,694 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Knox County: $111,900 ±$4,687
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.6% ±6.9% (105  ±67.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Knox County: 10.2% † 4,940 (±1.2% / ±598.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.5% ±26.3% (622  ±107.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.8% ±6% (105  ±46.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Knox County: 21% 7,190 (±1.4% / ±485)
  • 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

0.1% ±0.2% (1  ±2) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent 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

7.1% ±3.3% (51  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Knox County: 7.3% † 2,858 (±0.7% / ±285)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
51 Total veterans ±26 43 Male ±21 8 Female ±8

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