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Benton township, Lake County, IL

18,857 Population
14.2 square miles 1,330.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.3 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lake County: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,765 ±$3,295 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lake County: $57,153 ±$830
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$82,995 ±$6,115 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lake County: $110,416 ±$1,747
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.9% ±3.4% (1,673  ±637) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lake County: 8.3% 57,917 (±0.4% / ±2,705)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.9 minutes ±2.8 (229,485  ±28,704) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lake County: 28.5 8,293,735 (±0.4 / ±147,568)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,821 ±520 Number of households
  • Lake County: 258,455 ±1,007
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (18,833  ±39) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lake County: 2.7 694,063 (±0 / ±139)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.9% ±2.1% (76  ±85) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lake County: 4.8% 7,730 (±0.5% / ±759)
  • about two-fifths 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

8,072 ±535 Number of housing units
  • Lake County: 270,618 ±167
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$249,800 ±$14,081 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lake County: $345,700 ±$3,502
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.6% ±2.9% (1,614  ±538.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lake County: 11.6% 81,986 (±0.5% / ±3,852.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.5% ±5.3% (11,769  ±943.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lake County: 90.6% 430,584 (±1% / ±4,575.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.6% ±3.4% (2,769  ±482.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lake County: 47.7% 226,749 (±0.7% / ±3,086.5)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about three-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

15.3% ±3.5% (2,882  ±662) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lake County: 19.8% 141,715
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±2.6% (1,241  ±403) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lake County: 4.7% 25,130 (±0.2% / ±1,127)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,241 Total veterans ±403 916 Male ±272 325 Female ±226

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