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Independence township, Saline County, IL

1,050 Population
36.8 square miles 28.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±14.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Saline County: 43.8 ±1.4
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$62,626 ±$28,749 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Saline County: $36,683 ±$2,877
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$79,375 ±$32,007 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Saline County: $53,117 ±$2,764
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.8% ±3.1% (19  ±33) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Saline County: 18.9% † 4,285 (±2.3% / ±510)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.7 minutes ±14 (9,875  ±4,241) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Saline County: 23.1 200,420 (±1.8 / ±19,692)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

365 ±104 Number of households
  • Saline County: 10,024 ±232
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.7 (1,050  ±388) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Saline County: 2.3 22,665 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

398 ±106 Number of housing units
  • Saline County: 11,547 ±42
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$168,500 ±$18,630 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Saline County: $94,300 ±$6,813
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.7% ±3.7% (28  ±39.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Saline County: 10.1% † 2,328 (±2.2% / ±500.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.1% ±33.4% (571  ±135.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Saline County: 89.7% 15,190 (±4.4% / ±754.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
34.7% ±9.4% (225  ±90.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Saline County: 19.6% † 3,321 (±2.1% / ±352.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • a little less than 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

6.2% ±2.9% (47  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Saline County: 8% † 1,473 (±1.4% / ±253)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
47 Total veterans ±26 43 Male ±26 4 Female ±8

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