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Rock Island township, Rock Island County, IL

15,831 Population
4.8 square miles 3,314.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27 ±2.5 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Rock Island County: 40.3 ±0.3
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,200 ±$2,159 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Rock Island County: $36,842 ±$864
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,155 ±$5,188 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Rock Island County: $67,159 ±$1,869
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

32.9% ±5.6% (4,270  ±734) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Rock Island County: 15.5% 21,292 (±1.1% / ±1,471)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.6 minutes ±1.3 (102,160  ±12,366) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rock Island County: 19.7 1,159,445 (±0.5 / ±39,897)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,501 ±395 Number of households
  • Rock Island County: 61,733 ±532
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (12,953  ±161) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Rock Island County: 2.2 137,663 (±0 / ±265)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.8% ±2.8% (248  ±120) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Rock Island County: 5% † 1,549 (±1% / ±313)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,463 ±416 Number of housing units
  • Rock Island County: 66,759 ±130
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$96,500 ±$5,708 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Rock Island County: $150,400 ±$3,354
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

23.5% ±3.4% (3,672  ±526.5) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Rock Island County: 11.7% 16,571 (±0.9% / ±1,304.7)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.1% ±5% (6,926  ±552.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Rock Island County: 90.7% 88,890 (±2% / ±1,942.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.5% ±3.1% (1,522  ±264.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rock Island County: 24.7% 24,233 (±1.1% / ±1,072.1)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about half 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

11.2% ±2.4% (1,774  ±377) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Rock Island County: 8.7% 12,394
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.5% ±1.2% (430  ±142) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Rock Island County: 7.1% 7,839 (±0.5% / ±595)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
430 Total veterans ±142 396 Male ±136 34 Female ±21

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