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Chatham township, Sangamon County, IL

8,443 Population
37.2 square miles 226.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sangamon County: 41 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,209 ±$3,929 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Sangamon County: $44,151 ±$904
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$88,959 ±$6,773 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Sangamon County: $75,357 ±$1,749
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.6% ±2.3% (385  ±193) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Sangamon County: 13.1% 25,082 (±1% / ±1,962)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.3 minutes ±3.5 (73,950  ±8,124) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Sangamon County: 19.7 1,528,100 (±0.5 / ±51,146)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,619 ±270 Number of households
  • Sangamon County: 84,762 ±732
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (8,443  ±64) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Sangamon County: 2.3 190,999 (±0 / ±157)
  • 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

11.4% ±5.5% (272  ±135) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Sangamon County: 5.8% † 2,530 (±1% / ±443)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,793 ±260 Number of housing units
  • Sangamon County: 93,382 ±103
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$191,400 ±$16,396 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Sangamon County: $176,300 ±$4,624
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.7% ±4.7% (873  ±386.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Sangamon County: 10.6% 20,384 (±0.7% / ±1,341.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.8% ±7.8% (5,299  ±575.5) 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)
49.7% ±6.9% (2,662  ±421.6) 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

3.9% ±2.9% (328  ±247) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sangamon County: 3.6% 6,961
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5% ±2.3% (299  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Sangamon County: 6.6% 9,968 (±0.5% / ±696)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
299 Total veterans ±137 278 Male ±133 21 Female ±23

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