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Census Tract 242, Rock Island, IL

4,085 Population
4 square miles 1,022.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±7.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rock Island: 37.4 ±1.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Rock Island County: 40.3 ±0.3

Economics

$46,567 ±$9,680 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Rock Island: $34,053 ±$2,368
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Rock Island County: $36,842 ±$864
$65,107 ±$15,157 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rock Island: $59,041 ±$5,320
  • a little less than the amount in Rock Island County: $67,159 ±$1,869

12% ±4.2% (485  ±175) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Rock Island: 21% † 6,943 (±2.9% / ±973)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rock Island County: 15.5% 21,292 (±1.1% / ±1,471)

25 minutes ±3.3 (45,765  ±10,028) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Rock Island: 19.3 278,735 (±0.9 / ±20,151)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Rock Island County: 19.7 1,159,445 (±0.5 / ±39,897)

Families

2,181 ±232 Number of households
  • Rock Island: 15,285 ±450
  • Rock Island County: 61,733 ±532
1.9 ±0.3 (4,051  ±371) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rock Island: 2.2 32,951 (±0.1 / ±436)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rock Island County: 2.2 137,663 (±0 / ±265)

2.1% ±3.4% (18  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Rock Island: 5.9% † 506 (±2.1% / ±181)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Rock Island County: 5% † 1,549 (±1% / ±313)

Housing

2,209 ±231 Number of housing units
  • Rock Island: 16,533 ±484
  • Rock Island County: 66,759 ±130

$134,500 ±$10,014 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rock Island: $125,900 ±$5,376
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rock Island County: $150,400 ±$3,354

15.6% ±6.3% (638  ±262.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Rock Island: 15.9% † 5,694 (±2% / ±714)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Rock Island County: 11.7% 16,571 (±0.9% / ±1,304.7)

Social

89.1% ±6.3% (2,552  ±323) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rock Island: 90.4% 20,913 (±3.5% / ±946.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Rock Island County: 90.7% 88,890 (±2% / ±1,942.1)
19.8% ±5% (568  ±154.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rock Island: 24.5% 5,676 (±2.1% / ±510.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rock Island County: 24.7% 24,233 (±1.1% / ±1,072.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.2% ±2.1% (91  ±85) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Rock Island: 8% † 2,905 (±1.2% / ±448)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Rock Island County: 8.7% 12,394

7.8% ±3.4% (264  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Rock Island: 6.2% † 1,768 (±1% / ±292)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rock Island County: 7.1% 7,839 (±0.5% / ±595)
264 Total veterans ±119 210 Male ±104 54 Female ±58

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