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Gardner township, Sangamon County, IL

4,608 Population
42.6 square miles 108.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±6.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Sangamon County: 41 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$58,622 ±$7,493 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Sangamon County: $44,151 ±$904
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$103,932 ±$21,575 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Sangamon County: $75,357 ±$1,749
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.1% ±0.9% (50  ±42) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Sangamon County: 13.1% 25,082 (±1% / ±1,962)
  • about 10 percent 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)

18.7 minutes ±2.3 (37,590  ±6,729) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than 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 two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,897 ±146 Number of households
  • Sangamon County: 84,762 ±732
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (4,608  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sangamon County: 2.3 190,999 (±0 / ±157)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.4% ±3.2% (46  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Sangamon County: 5.8% † 2,530 (±1% / ±443)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,021 ±135 Number of housing units
  • Sangamon County: 93,382 ±103
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$248,900 ±$28,992 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Sangamon County: $176,300 ±$4,624
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8% ±3.7% (364  ±168.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Sangamon County: 10.6% 20,384 (±0.7% / ±1,341.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.7% ±11.8% (3,283  ±435.8) 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)
54.6% ±10.5% (1,817  ±363) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sangamon County: 36.6% 50,028 (±1.1% / ±1,507)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about 1.5 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

0.9% ±0.8% (40  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Sangamon County: 3.6% 6,961
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±2.8% (226  ±99) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Sangamon County: 6.6% 9,968 (±0.5% / ±696)
  • about 1.3 times 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)
226 Total veterans ±99 206 Male ±97 20 Female ±34

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