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Ash Grove township, Shelby County, IL

626 Population
42.1 square miles 14.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±15.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Shelby County: 45.3 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,301 ±$6,435 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Shelby County: $34,820 ±$1,191
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$101,167 ±$29,038 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Shelby County: $72,095 ±$4,523
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.4% ±6.7% (46  ±45) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 9.2% † 1,874 (±2% / ±411)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.3 minutes ±7 (8,940  ±4,291) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Shelby County: 20.8 192,875 (±1.3 / ±14,311)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

268 ±74 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 8,918 ±233
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.5 (626  ±217) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 2.3 20,514 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • 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

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

278 ±75 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 10,060 ±36
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$160,900 ±$10,612 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Shelby County: $137,100 ±$8,548
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

0.3% ±3.7% (2  ±22.9) Moved since previous year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 6% † 1,232 (±1.1% / ±220.4)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

100% ±38.2% (436  ±114.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Shelby County: 94.9% 14,239 (±4.1% / ±618.4)
  • 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)
14.2% ±10% (62  ±46.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 18.3% 2,748 (±1.8% / ±270.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about two-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

N/A Foreign-born population

7.3% ±5% (35  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Shelby County: 10.4% † 1,695 (±1.3% / ±216)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
35 Total veterans ±26 35 Male ±26 N/A Female ±13

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