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Capital township, Sangamon County, IL

111,142 Population
59.5 square miles 1,867.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Sangamon County: 42.1 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$47,842 ±$3,581 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Sangamon County: $48,286 ±$2,277
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $46,937 ±$406
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$73,137 ±$3,490 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sangamon County: $78,821 ±$5,110
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,211 ±$898
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.6% ±2.6% (12,599  ±2,766) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Sangamon County: 9.1% † 17,420 (±1.6% / ±3,117)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,438,470 (±0.3% / ±31,443)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

17.4 minutes ±0.5 (731,870  ±36,957) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sangamon County: 19.7 1,528,100 (±0.5 / ±51,146)
  • 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

50,935 ±1,756 Number of households
  • Sangamon County: 86,042 ±1,592
  • Illinois: 5,105,448 ±12,305
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0.1 (107,707  ±214) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Sangamon County: 2.2 190,411 (±0 / ±221)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,417,746
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6% ±2.7% (1,560  ±692) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sangamon County: 5.2% † 2,311 (±1.8% / ±777)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 4.6% 138,998 (±0.2% / ±6,570)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

56,896 ±1,587 Number of housing units
  • Sangamon County: 93,658 ±106
  • Illinois: 5,482,133 ±1,080
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$190,800 ±$13,055 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Sangamon County: $197,000 ±$8,639
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $280,700 ±$1,768
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.7% ±2.3% (10,595  ±2,506) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Sangamon County: 9.3% † 17,848 (±1.7% / ±3,284.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 10.2% 1,289,197 (±0.3% / ±31,884.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.8% ±4.6% (75,136  ±4,238.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sangamon County: 95.3% 130,354 (±3.7% / ±5,131.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.7% 8,028,089 (±0.5% / ±45,818.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
43.3% ±3.4% (34,336  ±2,861.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sangamon County: 42.6% 58,275 (±2.4% / ±3,329.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 39.2% 3,471,705 (±0.3% / ±28,867)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.4% ±1% (5,961  ±1,116) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sangamon County: 3.7% 7,172
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 15.4% 1,957,482
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.2% ±1.4% (5,460  ±1,261) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Sangamon County: 6.5% † 9,809 (±0.9% / ±1,367)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 4.5% 452,391 (±0.1% / ±11,018)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,460 Total veterans ±1,261 5,187 Male ±1,186 273 Female ±220

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