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Buffalo Prairie township, Rock Island County, IL

565 Population
46.1 square miles 12.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.5 ±12.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Rock Island County: 40.3 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$50,930 ±$18,713 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Rock Island County: $36,842 ±$864
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$107,656 ±$35,520 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Rock Island County: $67,159 ±$1,869
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

N/A Persons below poverty line

27.2 minutes ±7.3 (8,690  ±4,118) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Rock Island County: 19.7 1,159,445 (±0.5 / ±39,897)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

235 ±53 Number of households
  • Rock Island County: 61,733 ±532
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.6 (565  ±191) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rock Island County: 2.2 137,663 (±0 / ±265)
  • 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

33.3% ±31.8% (28  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Rock Island County: 5% † 1,549 (±1% / ±313)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

289 ±97 Number of housing units
  • Rock Island County: 66,759 ±130
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$217,300 ±$47,194 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Rock Island County: $150,400 ±$3,354
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

0.9% ±4.4% (5  ±24.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Rock Island County: 11.7% 16,571 (±0.9% / ±1,304.7)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.4% ±35% (419  ±105.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rock Island County: 90.7% 88,890 (±2% / ±1,942.1)
  • 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)
26.6% ±12.4% (118  ±63.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rock Island County: 24.7% 24,233 (±1.1% / ±1,072.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about three-quarters 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

N/A Foreign-born population

12.8% ±9.8% (60  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Rock Island County: 7.1% 7,839 (±0.5% / ±595)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
60 Total veterans ±49 60 Male ±49 N/A Female ±13

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