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Blackhawk township, Rock Island County, IL

9,444 Population
28 square miles 337.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±5.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Rock Island County: 40.3 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,931 ±$5,191 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Rock Island County: $35,753 ±$947
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$62,892 ±$10,119 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Rock Island County: $66,768 ±$2,195
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

15% ±4.4% (1,409  ±411) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Rock Island County: 15.4% 21,244 (±1.1% / ±1,564)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

21.9 minutes ±2.8 (93,865  ±14,176) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rock Island County: 20.2 1,217,705 (±0.6 / ±41,230)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

4,620 ±238 Number of households
  • Rock Island County: 61,192 ±566
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2 ±0.1 (9,409  ±26) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rock Island County: 2.3 138,115 (±0 / ±179)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

5.3% ±5.5% (104  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rock Island County: 5.8% † 1,773 (±1% / ±312)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

4,861 ±267 Number of housing units
  • Rock Island County: 66,742 ±119
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$133,700 ±$8,548 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rock Island County: $144,700 ±$3,326
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

13.8% ±4.3% (1,289  ±399.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rock Island County: 12.4% 17,512 (±0.9% / ±1,269.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

90.9% ±5.8% (6,127  ±491.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rock Island County: 90.2% 88,610 (±2% / ±1,975.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
21.5% ±3.2% (1,448  ±224.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rock Island County: 24.1% 23,633 (±1.1% / ±1,046)
  • about three-fifths 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

2.5% ±1.3% (234  ±127) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Rock Island County: 8.3% 11,797
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

7.6% ±1.7% (567  ±127) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Rock Island County: 7.2% 7,934 (±0.5% / ±547)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
567 Total veterans ±127 512 Male ±119 55 Female ±50

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