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West Point township, Stephenson County, IL

3,130 Population
35.7 square miles 87.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±5.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Stephenson County: 45.3 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,964 ±$4,487 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Stephenson County: $35,305 ±$1,190
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$79,476 ±$11,299 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Stephenson County: $64,043 ±$3,674
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.7% ±1.5% (84  ±48) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Stephenson County: 13.9% † 5,991 (±1.9% / ±816)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.8 minutes ±5.2 (37,715  ±8,638) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Stephenson County: 20.7 379,295 (±1.1 / ±24,413)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,395 ±92 Number of households
  • Stephenson County: 19,358 ±266
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (3,130  ±33) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Stephenson County: 2.2 42,992 (±0 / ±20)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.9% ±5.4% (44  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Stephenson County: 6.5% † 542 (±2% / ±170)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,437 ±88 Number of housing units
  • Stephenson County: 21,330 ±46
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$158,600 ±$15,458 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 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

8.8% ±4.1% (275  ±127.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Stephenson County: 12.4% † 5,371 (±1.7% / ±727.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.1% ±9.2% (2,096  ±241.5) 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)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.5% ±5.4% (541  ±127.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Stephenson County: 20.7% 6,461 (±1.6% / ±505.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.6% ±0.6% (18  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Stephenson County: 2.6% 1,125
  • 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

7.1% ±2.4% (170  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Stephenson County: 7.5% † 2,567 (±0.9% / ±303)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
170 Total veterans ±58 170 Male ±58 N/A Female ±13

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