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Chatham township, Sangamon County, IL

8,410 Population
37.2 square miles 225.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Sangamon County: 40.8 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,288 ±$3,812 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Sangamon County: $42,851 ±$835
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$87,152 ±$6,606 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Sangamon County: $74,114 ±$1,576
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

4.5% ±2.1% (376  ±175) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Sangamon County: 12.9% 24,702 (±0.9% / ±1,645)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

19.2 minutes ±0.6 (71,490  ±9,141) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Sangamon County: 19.5 1,556,560 (±0.5 / ±47,733)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

3,506 ±291 Number of households
  • Sangamon County: 84,290 ±807
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.4 ±0.2 (8,410  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Sangamon County: 2.3 191,388 (±0 / ±157)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

8.3% ±4.8% (199  ±118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sangamon County: 5.7% † 2,523 (±1% / ±457)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

3,689 ±279 Number of housing units
  • Sangamon County: 93,151 ±284
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$190,100 ±$12,065 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Sangamon County: $170,300 ±$3,293
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

11.5% ±3.9% (945  ±317.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Sangamon County: 11.6% 22,291 (±0.9% / ±1,751)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

98.1% ±5.3% (5,016  ±508.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Sangamon County: 93.7% 128,158 (±1.7% / ±2,357.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
45.4% ±5.8% (2,322  ±358.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Sangamon County: 35.1% 48,031 (±1% / ±1,395.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

3.7% ±2.8% (312  ±236) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sangamon County: 3.3% 6,454
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

5.6% ±1.9% (335  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sangamon County: 7% 10,603 (±0.4% / ±613)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
335 Total veterans ±118 290 Male ±100 45 Female ±44

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