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Bennington township, Marshall County, IL

1,641 Population
36 square miles 45.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Marshall County: 46.1 ±0.4
  • 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

$34,324 ±$5,555 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Marshall County: $37,407 ±$1,891
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,608 ±$5,177 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Marshall County: $71,585 ±$3,594
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.6% ±6.2% (210  ±98) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Marshall County: 11.4% † 1,296 (±1.8% / ±208)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.5 minutes ±4.7 (17,345  ±3,600) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Marshall County: 28.9 137,985 (±1.8 / ±10,692)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

636 ±61 Number of households
  • Marshall County: 5,094 ±159
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (1,549  ±147) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Marshall County: 2.2 11,371 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • 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

7.1% ±5.5% (24  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Marshall County: 9.7% † 212 (±2.9% / ±63)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

747 ±71 Number of housing units
  • Marshall County: 5,815 ±32
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$124,700 ±$24,693 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Marshall County: $142,800 ±$8,929
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.4% ±3.4% (169  ±57.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Marshall County: 8.4% † 972 (±1.5% / ±172.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90% ±6.4% (998  ±113.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Marshall County: 91.5% 7,792 (±3.9% / ±333.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.5% ±4% (128  ±46.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Marshall County: 18% † 1,534 (±1.9% / ±164.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about one-third 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

4.9% ±2.8% (80  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Marshall County: 1.1% 124
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.6% ±2.8% (92  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Marshall County: 9% † 834 (±1.3% / ±122)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
92 Total veterans ±34 92 Male ±34 N/A Female ±13

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