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Big Spring township, Shelby County, IL

555 Population
29.3 square miles 18.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.5 ±10.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Shelby County: 45.5 ±0.5
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,045 ±$7,277 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Shelby County: $33,372 ±$1,209
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$83,357 ±$27,611 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Shelby County: $68,457 ±$3,654
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

N/A Persons below poverty line

30 minutes ±32.7 (4,890  ±3,314) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Shelby County: 21.1 196,460 (±1.3 / ±14,567)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

236 ±81 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 8,795 ±251
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.4 ±0.4 (555  ±217) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 2.4 20,661 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

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

Housing

272 ±88 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 10,054 ±35
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$223,400 ±$157,243 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Shelby County: $130,400 ±$8,485
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

12.1% ±14.5% (67  ±84.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Shelby County: 7.5% † 1,554 (±1.4% / ±292.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

95.2% ±44.4% (393  ±124.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 94.5% 14,240 (±4.1% / ±611.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
19.9% ±12.2% (82  ±57.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 17.6% † 2,651 (±2% / ±296.8)
  • about half 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

0.7% ±1% (4  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Shelby County: 1.3% 264
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

18.2% ±9.3% (77  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Shelby County: 9.7% † 1,593 (±1.2% / ±200)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
77 Total veterans ±47 77 Male ±47 N/A Female ±12

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