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Palmyra township, Lee County, IL

2,877 Population
34.8 square miles 82.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.2 ±8.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Lee County: 43.1 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,448 ±$7,689 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lee County: $35,945 ±$1,814
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$93,689 ±$9,837 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lee County: $70,292 ±$2,918
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.5% ±4.2% (157  ±121) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Lee County: 11.8% † 3,711 (±1.7% / ±545)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.8 minutes ±2.6 (22,030  ±4,815) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Lee County: 24.6 341,445 (±1.6 / ±26,539)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,216 ±126 Number of households
  • Lee County: 13,337 ±296
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (2,855  ±22) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lee County: 2.3 31,183 (±0.1 / ±133)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

22.9% ±16% (127  ±94) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Lee County: 5.9% † 372 (±1.9% / ±120)
  • 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

1,360 ±149 Number of housing units
  • Lee County: 14,995 ±69
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$266,100 ±$14,561 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Lee County: $154,600 ±$7,304
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.6% ±5.9% (211  ±163.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lee County: 9.5% † 3,195 (±1.6% / ±532.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.9% ±12.4% (1,944  ±308.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lee County: 91.2% 22,758 (±3.5% / ±874.4)
  • 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)
33.7% ±8.9% (697  ±194.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lee County: 19.4% 4,835 (±1.7% / ±428.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • a little less than 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

0.3% ±0.4% (8  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Lee County: 2.2% 758
  • 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

13.2% ±4.8% (299  ±112) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Lee County: 6.4% † 1,744 (±0.9% / ±240)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
299 Total veterans ±112 286 Male ±111 13 Female ±21

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