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Buena Vista township, Schuyler County, IL

2,188 Population
36.5 square miles 60 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.5 ±4.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Schuyler County: 49.1 ±1.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,440 ±$4,964 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Schuyler County: $32,939 † ±$3,412
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,855 ±$14,473 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Schuyler County: $65,948 † ±$7,520
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

38.7% ±4.9% (847  ±164) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Schuyler County: 20.8% † 1,381 (±3.9% / ±258)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.4 minutes ±3.8 (12,515  ±4,582) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Schuyler County: 19.7 † 52,445 (±2 / ±6,576)
  • 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

653 ±143 Number of households
  • Schuyler County: 2,734 ±166
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (1,407  ±311) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Schuyler County: 2.2 5,911 (±0.1 / ±91)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.3% ±10.4% (24  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Schuyler County: 5% † 59 (±4.7% / ±55)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

686 ±140 Number of housing units
  • Schuyler County: 3,306 ±49
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$123,900 ±$50,271 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Schuyler County: $109,700 ±$9,439
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14% ±7.5% (303  ±167.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Schuyler County: 10.7% † 722 (±3.4% / ±231)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.2% ±10.7% (1,628  ±288.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Schuyler County: 92.7% 4,905 (±7.1% / ±383.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.8% ±8.6% (385  ±160.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Schuyler County: 19.1% † 1,009 (±3.7% / ±197.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about three-fifths of 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

1.5% ±2% (33  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Schuyler County: 1.3% 88
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

14.7% ±6.1% (279  ±121) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Schuyler County: 11.4% † 641 (±2.6% / ±146)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
279 Total veterans ±121 267 Male ±117 12 Female ±20

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