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Ela township, Lake County, IL

45,717 Population
34.4 square miles 1,329.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lake County: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$78,829 ±$3,391 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Lake County: $57,153 ±$830
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$173,916 ±$8,389 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Lake County: $110,416 ±$1,747
  • more than double the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • more than double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.7% ±0.7% (1,197  ±327) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Lake County: 8.3% 57,917 (±0.4% / ±2,705)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.6 minutes ±1.7 (541,605  ±40,613) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lake County: 28.5 8,293,735 (±0.4 / ±147,568)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

16,153 ±344 Number of households
  • Lake County: 258,455 ±1,007
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.1 (44,957  ±87) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lake County: 2.7 694,063 (±0 / ±139)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.4% ±1.1% (337  ±105) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lake County: 4.8% 7,730 (±0.5% / ±759)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

16,589 ±374 Number of housing units
  • Lake County: 270,618 ±167
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$538,700 ±$18,710 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Lake County: $345,700 ±$3,502
  • about double the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.8% ±1.4% (3,543  ±623.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lake County: 11.6% 81,986 (±0.5% / ±3,852.2)
  • about two-thirds 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

97.2% ±3.4% (30,441  ±1,208.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lake County: 90.6% 430,584 (±1% / ±4,575.3)
  • 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)
67.1% ±2.8% (21,008  ±969.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lake County: 47.7% 226,749 (±0.7% / ±3,086.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • nearly double 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

17.7% ±1.9% (8,072  ±867) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake County: 19.8% 141,715
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.4% ±0.8% (1,175  ±266) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lake County: 4.7% 25,130 (±0.2% / ±1,127)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,175 Total veterans ±266 1,143 Male ±253 32 Female ±36

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