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New Salem township, McDonough County, IL

348 Population
36.2 square miles 9.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±30.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in McDonough County: 34.9 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,936 ±$5,672 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in McDonough County: $32,219 ±$1,751
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$-666,666,700 Median household income
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in McDonough County: $52,795 ±$2,946
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.6% ±9.2% (44  ±36) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in McDonough County: 17.2% † 4,194 (±2.1% / ±500)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.9 minutes ±13.5 (2,520  ±1,130) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McDonough County: 18.6 218,995 (±1.5 / ±19,485)
  • about three-fifths 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

145 ±79 Number of households
  • McDonough County: 11,856 ±321
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±1.6 (348  ±130) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in McDonough County: 2.1 24,249 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • 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

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

175 ±82 Number of housing units
  • McDonough County: 13,587 ±47
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$110,000 ±$54,684 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in McDonough County: $107,500 ±$6,960
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

23.3% ±22.8% (81  ±85) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in McDonough County: 22.8% † 6,069 (±3% / ±795)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

100% ±3.6% (180  ±62.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in McDonough County: 94.2% 15,514 (±4.2% / ±707.7)
  • 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)
47.2% ±17.7% (85  ±43.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in McDonough County: 31.4% 5,175 (±2.6% / ±428.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about 1.3 times 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

4.3% ±7% (15  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in McDonough County: 2.7% 714
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.3% ±4.8% (8  ±12) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in McDonough County: 5.2% † 1,153 (±0.8% / ±178)
  • 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)
8 Total veterans ±12 8 Male ±12 N/A Female ±13

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