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Ball township, Sangamon County, IL

7,571 Population
29.8 square miles 254.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sangamon County: 41 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,760 ±$4,216 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Sangamon County: $44,151 ±$904
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$140,753 ±$10,148 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Sangamon County: $75,357 ±$1,749
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.6% ±0.8% (116  ±63) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Sangamon County: 13.1% 25,082 (±1% / ±1,962)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.3 minutes ±6.8 (82,655  ±22,295) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Sangamon County: 19.7 1,528,100 (±0.5 / ±51,146)
  • 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

2,593 ±200 Number of households
  • Sangamon County: 84,762 ±732
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.2 (7,533  ±40) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Sangamon County: 2.3 190,999 (±0 / ±157)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.4% ±2.8% (64  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sangamon County: 5.8% † 2,530 (±1% / ±443)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,628 ±212 Number of housing units
  • Sangamon County: 93,382 ±103
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$299,000 ±$18,312 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Sangamon County: $176,300 ±$4,624
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.7% ±2.5% (351  ±187.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Sangamon County: 10.6% 20,384 (±0.7% / ±1,341.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98% ±7.6% (4,691  ±479.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Sangamon County: 94.1% 128,622 (±1.9% / ±2,524.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
50.8% ±5.7% (2,429  ±317.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sangamon County: 36.6% 50,028 (±1.1% / ±1,507)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about 1.4 times 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

2% ±1.3% (152  ±95) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sangamon County: 3.6% 6,961
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±2.4% (394  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sangamon County: 6.6% 9,968 (±0.5% / ±696)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
394 Total veterans ±123 394 Male ±123 N/A Female ±18

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