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Blue Ridge township, Piatt County, IL

1,387 Population
63.6 square miles 21.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±7.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Piatt County: 42.5 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,372 ±$9,000 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Piatt County: $43,547 ±$2,766
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$84,191 ±$15,215 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Piatt County: $87,516 ±$7,301
  • a little higher than the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

5.2% ±2.1% (72  ±32) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Piatt County: 5.9% † 987 (±1.5% / ±256)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

24.6 minutes ±3.4 (17,430  ±4,414) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Piatt County: 23.7 184,520 (±1.1 / ±11,671)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

603 ±90 Number of households
  • Piatt County: 6,851 ±154
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.3 ±0.2 (1,387  ±254) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Piatt County: 2.4 16,569 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

3.8% ±4.9% (9  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Piatt County: 5.5% † 187 (±3.3% / ±112)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

677 ±96 Number of housing units
  • Piatt County: 7,380 ±35
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$165,800 ±$29,930 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Piatt County: $173,200 ±$7,594
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

23.4% ±16% (321  ±227.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Piatt County: 10% † 1,664 (±2.7% / ±441)
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

95.6% ±20.6% (991  ±148.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Piatt County: 96% 11,437 (±5% / ±599.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
27% ±7% (280  ±84.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Piatt County: 31.9% 3,797 (±2.9% / ±348.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.7% ±2.1% (24  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Piatt County: 0.9% 148
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

4.2% ±2.6% (47  ±30) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Piatt County: 6.1% † 796 (±1.1% / ±149)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
47 Total veterans ±30 34 Male ±24 13 Female ±16

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