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Sterling township, Whiteside County, IL

17,181 Population
23.4 square miles 735.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Whiteside County: 43.4 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,658 ±$4,017 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Whiteside County: $36,788 ±$1,633
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$56,250 ±$3,664 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Whiteside County: $64,536 ±$4,377
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

15% ±3.3% (2,514  ±560) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Whiteside County: 12.1% † 6,509 (±1.4% / ±777)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

17.8 minutes ±2.2 (142,240  ±19,381) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Whiteside County: 19.9 488,495 (±1.1 / ±30,410)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

7,499 ±277 Number of households
  • Whiteside County: 23,215 ±304
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.2 ±0.1 (16,738  ±31) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Whiteside County: 2.3 54,185 (±0 / ±13)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

2.7% ±1.9% (98  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Whiteside County: 4.6% † 511 (±1.4% / ±158)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

8,285 ±324 Number of housing units
  • Whiteside County: 25,850 ±67
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$114,000 ±$4,337 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Whiteside County: $125,800 ±$5,062
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

9.2% ±2.2% (1,567  ±369.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Whiteside County: 9% † 4,898 (±1.1% / ±612.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

90.9% ±5.1% (10,786  ±690.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Whiteside County: 91% 35,331 (±2.7% / ±1,061.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
20.9% ±2.8% (2,480  ±339.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Whiteside County: 20.1% 7,792 (±1.4% / ±540.7)
  • about three-fifths of 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

4.3% ±1.4% (738  ±235) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Whiteside County: 2.8% 1,528
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

8.4% ±1.8% (1,143  ±249) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Whiteside County: 8.2% † 3,542 (±0.9% / ±380)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
1,143 Total veterans ±249 1,014 Male ±231 129 Female ±96

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