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Dayton township, LaSalle County, IL

1,971 Population
21.1 square miles 93.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in LaSalle County: 42.2 ±0.3
  • 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

$40,915 ±$9,799 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in LaSalle County: $39,375 ±$1,283
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$76,042 ±$23,254 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in LaSalle County: $73,045 ±$2,890
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.1% ±16.1% (473  ±325) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in LaSalle County: 13.9% 14,674 (±1.3% / ±1,322)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.6 minutes ±3.8 (13,905  ±4,940) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in LaSalle County: 26 1,238,195 (±1.1 / ±56,889)
  • about two-thirds 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

771 ±163 Number of households
  • LaSalle County: 45,373 ±562
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (1,874  ±458) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in LaSalle County: 2.3 105,638 (±0 / ±71)
  • 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

13.5% ±11.6% (56  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in LaSalle County: 7.2% † 1,592 (±1.4% / ±314)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

850 ±181 Number of housing units
  • LaSalle County: 49,843 ±57
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$254,800 ±$40,638 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in LaSalle County: $161,900 ±$2,651
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.4% ±5% (162  ±103.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in LaSalle County: 9.1% † 9,791 (±1% / ±1,035.6)
  • 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

86.8% ±22% (1,137  ±190.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in LaSalle County: 91.8% 70,832 (±2% / ±1,573.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.1% ±4.4% (355  ±88.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in LaSalle County: 20.5% 15,805 (±1% / ±792.6)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.7% ±0.9% (14  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in LaSalle County: 3.9% 4,217
  • 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

11.6% ±7.1% (164  ±105) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in LaSalle County: 7.7% 6,555 (±0.6% / ±522)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
164 Total veterans ±105 146 Male ±100 18 Female ±23

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