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Zion-Benton Township High School District 126, IL

44,775 Population
36.2 square miles 1,235.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Lake County: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$35,923 ±$2,982 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lake County: $57,153 ±$830
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
$75,014 ±$6,485 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lake County: $110,416 ±$1,747
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362

13% ±2.4% (5,766  ±1,048) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lake County: 8.3% 57,917 (±0.4% / ±2,705)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)

27.9 minutes ±1.7 (533,945  ±43,334) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lake County: 28.5 8,293,735 (±0.4 / ±147,568)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)

Families

16,982 ±671 Number of households
  • Lake County: 258,455 ±1,007
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
2.6 ±0.1 (44,267  ±620) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lake County: 2.7 694,063 (±0 / ±139)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980

3.8% ±1.8% (420  ±203) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lake County: 4.8% 7,730 (±0.5% / ±759)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)

Housing

17,735 ±699 Number of housing units
  • Lake County: 270,618 ±167
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471

$219,300 ±$8,845 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lake County: $345,700 ±$3,502
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797

10.6% ±2% (4,723  ±886.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake County: 11.6% 81,986 (±0.5% / ±3,852.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)

Social

85.7% ±3.1% (25,199  ±1,230.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lake County: 90.6% 430,584 (±1% / ±4,575.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
17.3% ±1.8% (5,089  ±554.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Lake County: 47.7% 226,749 (±0.7% / ±3,086.5)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)

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

17.2% ±2% (7,690  ±909) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake County: 19.8% 141,715
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449

8.1% ±1.5% (2,750  ±496) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lake County: 4.7% 25,130 (±0.2% / ±1,127)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
2,750 Total veterans ±496 2,232 Male ±383 518 Female ±259

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