Iroquois County, Illinois (IL)

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• • 23,58387.8%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,0167.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 7662.9%Two or more races
  • 2350.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1270.5%Some other race alone
  • 880.3%Asian alone
  • 340.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2021:

Detached houses: $127,219

Here:	$127,219
State:	$285,490

Townhouses or other attached units: $90,655

Here:	$90,655
State:	$267,853

In 2-unit structures: $134,565

Here:	$134,565
State:	$305,909

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $56,020

Here:	$56,020
State:	$356,547

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $219,831

Here:	$219,831
State:	$327,261

Mobile homes: $30,229

Here:	$30,229
State:	$69,530

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 6
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 15
• Burglaries: 31
• Thefts: 86
• Auto thefts: 18

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 9
• Burglaries: 42
• Thefts: 71
• Auto thefts: 12

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2021: $2,438 (1.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $2,186 (1.8%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Iroquois County is $406 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $492 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $619 a month.

Cities in this county include: Watseka, Gilman, Onarga, Milford, Clifton, Sheldon, Cissna Park, Ashkum, Crescent City, Buckley.

Neighboring counties: Allen County, Ohio , Dauphin County, Pennsylvania , Kankakee County , Medina County, Ohio , Seward County, Nebraska .

Current college students: 1,007
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 898 (39.1% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 532010 or later
• 2442000 to 2009
• 2831990 to 1999
• 1301980 to 1989
• 1361970 to 1979
• 159Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 22.9 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 62.5%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 10,854
• One, attached: 297
• Two: 340
• 3 or 4: 530
• 5 to 9: 182
• 10 to 19: 104
• 20 to 49: 28
• 50 or more: 90
• Mobile homes: 502
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2

Housing units in Iroquois County with a mortgage: 4,538 (335 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 250 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 113

Religion statistics for Iroquois County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Iroquois County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Illinois Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4489, Natural disaster type: Other
• Illinois Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: January 07, 2008 to March 14, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1747: March 07, 2008, FEMA Id: 1747, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Illinois Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3230: September 07, 2005, FEMA Id: 3230, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Illinois Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: April 21, 2002 to May 23, 2002, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1416: May 21, 2002, FEMA Id: 1416, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Illinois Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 11, 2000 to December 31, 2000, Emergency Declared EM-3161: January 17, 2001, FEMA Id: 3161, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Illinois Winter Snow Storm, Incident Period: January 01, 1999 to January 15, 1999, Emergency Declared EM-3134: January 08, 1999, FEMA Id: 3134, Natural disaster type: Storm, Snow
• Illinois Severe Storms, Flooding, Incident Period: April 09, 1994 to May 04, 1994, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1025: April 26, 1994, FEMA Id: 1025, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Illinois Ice Storm, Severe Storm, Incident Period: February 14, 1990 to February 15, 1990, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-860: March 06, 1990, FEMA Id: 860, Natural disaster type: Ice Storm, Storm

5.35% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($46,878 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.94% relocated from other counties in Illinois ($35,572 average AGI)
1.42% relocated from other states ($11,307 average AGI)

Iroquois County:	1.42%
Illinois average:	2.01%

from Kankakee County, IL	1.51% ($45,404 average AGI)
from Ford County, IL	0.45% ($48,286)
from Will County, IL	0.38% ($47,381)
from Cook County, IL	0.33% ($79,056)
from Champaign County, IL	0.30% ($57,424)
from Vermilion County, IL	0.26% ($34,552)

5.42% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($48,786 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.54% relocated to other counties in Illinois ($31,052 average AGI)
1.88% relocated to other states ($17,734 average AGI)

Iroquois County:	1.88%
Illinois average:	3.06%

to Kankakee County, IL	1.17% ($47,178 average AGI)
to Champaign County, IL	0.50% ($43,709)
to Ford County, IL	0.38% ($48,810)
to Vermilion County, IL	0.29% ($38,938)
to Cook County, IL	0.22% ($38,042)
to Livingston County, IL	0.18% ($24,400)

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 12.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 13.4

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Iroquois County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 5,643 (1,465 living alone), Female householders: 5,735 (1,945 living alone)

• 5,765 spouses (5,761 opposite-sex spouses), 883 unmarried partners, (859 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 6,995 children (6,551 natural, 154 adopted, 285 stepchildren), 429 grandchildren, 153 brothers or sisters, 235 parents, 24 foster children, 228 other relatives, 592 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 429

Size of family households: 3,939 2-persons, 1,366 3-persons, 1,087 4-persons, 617 5-persons, 310 6-persons, 93 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,410 1-person, 450 2-persons, 40 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 36 7-or-more-persons.

3,640 married couples with children.
1,479 single-parent households (540 men, 939 women).

94.1% of residents of Iroquois speak English at home.
5.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $179,566,000 ($5,856 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,880,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $86,300,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $40,163,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $32,131,000
Federal grants: $12,121,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,739,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $7,112,000 ($74,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $283,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $10,760,000
Federal Government insurance: $182,605,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-18 per 1000 residents
State:	-31 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.63 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Iroquois County, Illinois
• 02020 or later
• 2462010 to 2019
• 8672000 to 2009
• 1,0341990 to 1999
• 1,0431980 to 1989
• 1,9871970 to 1979
• 1,3071960 to 1969
• 1,6461950 to 1959
• 8361940 to 1949
• 3,8001939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Iroquois County, Illinois

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Iroquois County, Illinois
• 71 room
• 32 rooms
• 1393 rooms
• 6934 rooms
• 1,6265 rooms
• 2,1286 rooms
• 1,7547 rooms
• 1,2018 rooms
• 1,3909+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Iroquois County, Illinois
• 1201 room
• 992 rooms
• 2723 rooms
• 6114 rooms
• 4665 rooms
• 3596 rooms
• 3117 rooms
• 828 rooms
• 1289+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Iroquois County, Illinois

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Iroquois County, Illinois
• 7no bedroom
• 2111 bedroom
• 1,9432 bedrooms
• 4,5743 bedrooms
• 1,7954 bedrooms
• 4225+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Iroquois County, Illinois
• 119no bedroom
• 4151 bedroom
• 1,0532 bedrooms
• 7073 bedrooms
• 1084 bedrooms
• 485+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Iroquois County, Illinois in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Iroquois County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 139no vehicle
• 2,3161 vehicle
• 3,8092 vehicles
• 1,7593 vehicles
• 6804 vehicles
• 2315+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Iroquois County in renter-occupied apartments
• 389no vehicle
• 1,2051 vehicle
• 5832 vehicles
• 1933 vehicles
• 754 vehicles
• 215+ vehicles

90.6% of Iroquois County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Illinois.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 21,883
• Other state: 3,918
• Northeast: 191
• Midwest: 2,102
• South: 1,121
• West: 499

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 458
• Number of aged recipients: 19
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 439
• Number of recipients under 18: 74
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 332
• Number of recipients older than 64: 52
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 173
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 230