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Lancaster township, Stephenson County, IL

1,296 Population
32 square miles 40.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Stephenson County: 45.3 ±0.5
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,116 ±$5,830 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Stephenson County: $35,305 ±$1,190
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$91,250 ±$13,881 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Stephenson County: $64,043 ±$3,674
  • 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

6.6% ±5.1% (85  ±69) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Stephenson County: 13.9% † 5,991 (±1.9% / ±816)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.9 minutes ±8.4 (13,635  ±4,123) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Stephenson County: 20.7 379,295 (±1.1 / ±24,413)
  • 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

616 ±126 Number of households
  • Stephenson County: 19,358 ±266
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.3 (1,296  ±313) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Stephenson County: 2.2 42,992 (±0 / ±20)
  • about 80 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

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

Housing

663 ±133 Number of housing units
  • Stephenson County: 21,330 ±46
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$154,100 ±$17,768 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Stephenson County: $134,900 ±$6,661
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4% ±2.9% (52  ±39.5) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Stephenson County: 12.4% † 5,371 (±1.7% / ±727.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.1% ±29.3% (1,032  ±194.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Stephenson County: 92.6% 28,906 (±3.3% / ±1,041.2)
  • 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)
12.6% ±4.2% (141  ±59.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Stephenson County: 20.7% 6,461 (±1.6% / ±505.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about one-third 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

7.9% ±3.6% (97  ±50) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Stephenson County: 7.5% † 2,567 (±0.9% / ±303)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
97 Total veterans ±50 90 Male ±50 7 Female ±10

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