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Salem township, Marion County, IL

8,914 Population
35.4 square miles 251.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Marion County: 41.5 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,537 ±$3,767 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Marion County: $32,825 ±$1,242
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,865 ±$9,733 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Marion County: $61,240 ±$3,240
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.2% ±2.9% (1,049  ±248) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Marion County: 15.4% † 5,542 (±1.8% / ±665)
  • a little 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)

15.3 minutes ±1 (59,805  ±6,565) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Marion County: 21.1 324,200 (±0.9 / ±18,073)
  • about half the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,785 ±169 Number of households
  • Marion County: 15,512 ±253
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (8,675  ±34) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Marion County: 2.3 36,111 (±0 / ±68)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8% ±4.1% (155  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Marion County: 6.9% † 527 (±1.8% / ±137)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,155 ±159 Number of housing units
  • Marion County: 17,334 ±113
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$110,300 ±$7,807 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Marion County: $103,000 ±$5,381
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.3% ±2.8% (986  ±248.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Marion County: 10.3% † 3,753 (±1.5% / ±551)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.9% ±5.8% (5,772  ±420.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Marion County: 90.7% 23,316 (±3% / ±765.3)
  • 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)
18.7% ±3% (1,147  ±188.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Marion County: 16.8% 4,308 (±1.4% / ±350.1)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about half 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

1.1% ±0.7% (98  ±66) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Marion County: 1.5% 551
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±2% (471  ±132) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Marion County: 7.8% † 2,199 (±0.9% / ±245)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
471 Total veterans ±132 467 Male ±134 4 Female ±6

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