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Rock Island township, Rock Island County, IL

15,897 Population
4.8 square miles 3,328.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28 ±2.1 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Rock Island County: 40.3 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,391 ±$2,232 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Rock Island County: $35,753 ±$947
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$40,783 ±$4,164 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Rock Island County: $66,768 ±$2,195
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

30.3% ±5.4% (4,026  ±720) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Rock Island County: 15.4% 21,244 (±1.1% / ±1,564)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

17.2 minutes ±0.6 (103,795  ±9,736) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rock Island County: 20.2 1,217,705 (±0.6 / ±41,230)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

5,647 ±427 Number of households
  • Rock Island County: 61,192 ±566
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.3 ±0.2 (13,207  ±158) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Rock Island County: 2.3 138,115 (±0 / ±179)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

5.8% ±2.7% (255  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Rock Island County: 5.8% † 1,773 (±1% / ±312)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

6,859 ±476 Number of housing units
  • Rock Island County: 66,742 ±119
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$91,300 ±$5,375 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Rock Island County: $144,700 ±$3,326
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

23.6% ±3.7% (3,690  ±573.7) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Rock Island County: 12.4% 17,512 (±0.9% / ±1,269.5)
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

83.1% ±4.8% (7,046  ±553.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rock Island County: 90.2% 88,610 (±2% / ±1,975.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
17% ±2.8% (1,441  ±252.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rock Island County: 24.1% 23,633 (±1.1% / ±1,046)
  • about half 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

13.5% ±3.1% (2,143  ±495) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rock Island County: 8.3% 11,797
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

3.7% ±1.2% (458  ±156) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Rock Island County: 7.2% 7,934 (±0.5% / ±547)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
458 Total veterans ±156 432 Male ±148 26 Female ±27

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