Housing data for Phillips Township, IL
Phillips Township, IL has an estimated 1,188 residents and 533 homes (US Census Bureau, 2020–2024 American Community Survey).
It is a township in White County.
24.0% of households rent.
Figures last updated on .
- Residents
- 1,188 (±240)
- Housing units
- 533 (±105)
- Households that rent
- 24.0%
- Residents since 2015–2019
- −0.5%
What stands out in Phillips Township
Median real estate taxes: $1,098 (±$260) in Phillips Township, lower than in White County ($1,444).
Average commute: 30.8 minutes (±5.0) in Phillips Township, higher than in White County (24.4 minutes).
Housing in Phillips Township at a glance
- Rent by bedrooms: $550 median gross rent, 2 bedrooms (Small sample: wide margin of error)
- Rent burden: 41.3% of renters pay 30% or more of income (Small sample: wide margin of error)
- Renters and owners: 24.0% of households rent
- Income and affordability: $53,550 median household income
- Home values: $108,900 median home value
- Homeowner costs: $998 median monthly cost with a mortgage
- Property taxes: $1,098 median real estate taxes a year
- Types of homes: 1.2% of homes are in buildings of 5 or more units
- Bedrooms: 61.5% of homes have 3 or more bedrooms
- Age of homes: 70.6% of homes were built before 1980
- Vacancy rate: 0.0% rental vacancy rate (Small sample: wide margin of error)
- Heating fuel: 53.5% heat with utility gas
- Commute and cars: 30.8 minutes average trip to work
- Growth: −0.5% residents since 2015–2019
- How long people stay: 17.4% moved in since 2020
- Crowding and facilities: 0.2% of homes have more than 1 person per room (Small sample: wide margin of error)
Phillips Township against White County, its state and the nation
| Phillips Township | White County | Illinois | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | 1,188 (±240) | 13,619 (exact) | 12,694,798 (exact) | 334,922,499 |
| Housing units | 533 (±105) | 6,730 (±34) | 5,457,452 (±471) | 143,775,355 |
| Households that rent | 24.0% (±11.3 points) | 22.9% (±3.4 points) | 32.9% (±0.2 points) | 34.8% |
| Median gross rent | — | $719 (±$69) | $1,274 (±$5) | $1,413 |
| Median household income | $53,550 (±$12,910) | $54,813 (±$4,036) | $83,390 (±$362) | $80,734 |
| Median home value | $108,900 (±$37,144) | $108,100 (±$9,236) | $263,300 (±$797) | $332,700 |
| Median real estate taxes (a year) | $1,098 (±$260) | $1,444 (±$124) | $5,298 (±$22) | $3,119 |
| Built before 1980 | 70.6% (±16.8 points) | 71.9% (±5.7 points) | 63.4% (±0.2 points) | 49.7% |
| Average commute | 30.8 minutes (±5.0) | 24.4 minutes (±1.8) | 27.8 minutes (±0.1) | 26.4 minutes |
| Households with broadband | 67.5% (±12.2 points) | 78.6% (±3.5 points) | 90.8% (±0.1 points) | 91.0% |
| Median age of residents | 48.1 years (±11.6) | 44.3 years (±0.5) | 39.0 years (±0.1) | 38.9 years |
Phillips Township covers 65.0 square miles of land, about 18 residents per square mile (Census Bureau Gazetteer).
How Phillips Township has changed since 2015–2019
| 2015–2019 | 2020–2024 | Amount of change | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | 1,194 (±167) | 1,188 (±240) | −0.5% | Not a measurable change |
| Housing units | 626 (±64) | 533 (±105) | −14.9% | Not a measurable change |
| Median home value | $59,500 (±$9,044) | $108,900 (±$37,144) | +83.0% | No measurable change after inflation |
| Median household income | $51,172 (±$9,914) | $53,550 (±$12,910) | +4.6% | No measurable change after inflation |
| Median owner cost with a mortgage | $869 (±$40) | $998 (±$102) | +14.8% | No measurable change after inflation |
| Median real estate taxes | $826 (±$94) | $1,098 (±$260) | +32.9% | No measurable change after inflation |
| Households that rent | 28.1% (±6.9 points) | 24.0% (±11.3 points) | −4.1 percentage points | Not a measurable change |
| Rental vacancy rate | 4.4% (±6.9 points) | 0.0% (±26.5 points) | −4.4 percentage points | Not a measurable change |
The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.
Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.
The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.
Crime reported to police in White County
Phillips Township has no police department of its own in the FBI’s figures, so this is the figure for White County as a whole.
In 2025, the police departments that report for White County recorded 60 violent and 1,392 property crimes per 100,000 residents.
A county-wide figure describes the whole county, not this place; crime varies from one community to the next.
ZIP codes in Phillips Township
| ZIP code | Share of the ZIP’s land in this place | Residents | Median gross rent | Median home value | Median household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62827 | 90% | 1,147 | — | $100,000 | $52,550 |
A ZIP code is a mail route rather than a boundary, so the Census Bureau publishes figures for ZIP Code Tabulation Areas built from census blocks; the share column says how much of each one’s land lies in this place.
Places near Phillips Township
| Place | Distance | Median gross rent | Median home value | Households that rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossville | 1.1 mi | — | $64,500 | 37.8% |
| Phillipstown | 2.5 mi | — | — | 0.0% |
| Gray Township | 4.3 mi | $795 | $80,000 | 29.0% |
| Hawthorne Township | 5.8 mi | — | $112,500 | 0.0% |
| Grayville | 6.5 mi | $677 | $74,200 | 28.4% |
| Bethel Township | 6.8 mi | — | $122,900 | 4.1% |
| New Harmony | 7.0 mi | $1,014 | $184,400 | 20.2% |
| Griffin | 7.6 mi | — | $127,700 | 6.3% |
HUD Fair Market Rent for Phillips Township, fiscal year 2027
| Studio | 1 bedroom | 2 bedrooms | 3 bedrooms | 4 bedrooms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $648 | $730 | $930 | $1,233 | $1,516 |
HUD income limits for Phillips Township, fiscal year 2026
| Household size | Extremely low (30%) | Very low (50%) | Low (80%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $18,850 | $31,400 | $50,250 |
| 2 people | $21,640 | $35,900 | $57,400 |
| 3 people | $27,320 | $40,400 | $64,600 |
| 4 people | $33,000 | $44,850 | $71,750 |
| 5 people | $38,680 | $48,450 | $77,500 |
| 6 people | $44,360 | $52,050 | $83,250 |
| 7 people | $50,040 | $55,650 | $89,000 |
| 8 people | $55,720 | $59,250 | $94,750 |
These are the limits HUD sets for its housing programs in the White County, IL, where HUD’s median family income for fiscal year 2026 is $77,300.
A program can use its own limits; tax-credit and local programs often do.
Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.
Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.
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Questions about Phillips Township
How many renters are there in Phillips Township?
Phillips Township has an estimated 119 (±66) renting households, 24.0% of its occupied homes (2020–2024 American Community Survey).
What is the median household income in Phillips Township?
The median household income in Phillips Township is $53,550 (±$12,910) a year (2020–2024 American Community Survey).
What is the average home value in Phillips Township, IL?
The Census Bureau publishes the median: $108,900 (±$37,144) for owner-occupied homes in Phillips Township (2020–2024 American Community Survey).
What is the average mortgage payment in Phillips Township?
The Census Bureau publishes total owner costs rather than the mortgage alone: the median for owners with a mortgage in Phillips Township, IL is $998 (±$102) a month, including taxes, insurance and utilities.
How much are property taxes in Phillips Township?
The median real estate tax paid by homeowners in Phillips Township, IL is $1,098 (±$260) a year (2020–2024 American Community Survey).
How many homes are in Phillips Township?
Phillips Township, IL has an estimated 533 (±105) housing units, occupied and vacant (2020–2024 American Community Survey).
Is Phillips Township growing?
In Phillips Township, the number of residents went from 1,194 in 2015–2019 to 1,188 in 2020–2024 (−0.5%), not a measurable change.
What ZIP codes are in Phillips Township?
The ZIP code that covers Phillips Township is 62827.
Sources
- Demographic and Housing Estimates (DP05), 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates — Phillips township, White County, Illinois
- Selected Housing Characteristics (DP04), 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates — Phillips township, White County, Illinois
- Selected Economic Characteristics (DP03), 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates — Phillips township, White County, Illinois
- Median Real Estate Taxes Paid by Mortgage Status (B25103), 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates — Phillips township, White County, Illinois
- Selected Social Characteristics (DP02), 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates — Phillips township, White County, Illinois
- Total Population (B01003), 2015–2019 ACS 5-year estimates — Phillips township, White County, Illinois
- Median Gross Rent (B25064), 2015–2019 ACS 5-year estimates — Phillips township, White County, Illinois
- HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal year 2027: White County, IL
- HUD Income Limits, fiscal year 2026: White County, IL
- US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates for ZIP Code Tabulation Areas
- Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), US city average, all items, US Bureau of Labor Statistics: annual averages 2019 and 2024
- US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files
To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Phillips township, White County, Illinois (county subdivision:59507, in state:17 county:193).
Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).
The 2015–2019 figures are B01003_001E, B01003_001M, B25064_001E, B25064_001M from the 2019 release.
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DP05_0001E, DP05_0001M, DP04_0001E, DP04_0001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP03_0062E, DP03_0062M, DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M
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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.
Figures last updated on .