Tamalco Township, Bond County, Illinois

Tamalco Township is one of nine townships in Bond County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 522 and it contained 260 housing units.

Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 38.11 sqmi, of which 37.17 sqmi (or 97.53%) is land and 0.94 sqmi (or 2.47%) is water.

Cities

 * Keyesport (northwest half)

Unincorporated towns

 * Hookdale
 * Keyesport Landing
 * Tamalco

Cemeteries
The township contains these four cemeteries: Duncan, McKendree, Payne and Saint Peters.

Major highways

 * [[Image:Illinois 127.svg|25px]] Illinois State Route 127
 * [[Image:Illinois 143.svg|25px]] Illinois State Route 143

Lakes

 * Carlyle Lake

Demographics
As of the 2020 census there were 522 people, 310 households, and 230 families residing in the township. The population density was 13.69 PD/sqmi. There were 260 housing units at an average density of 6.82 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the township was 95.79% White, 0.00% African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.19% from other races, and 3.45% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.15% of the population.

There were 310 households, out of which 38.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.97% were married couples living together, 12.26% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 25.81% were non-families. 23.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.03 and the average family size was 2.32.

The township's age distribution consisted of 17.6% under the age of 18, 2.9% from 18 to 24, 11.7% from 25 to 44, 39.8% from 45 to 64, and 28.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 54.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 78.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 74.4 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $44,000, and the median income for a family was $42,278. Males had a median income of $45,100 versus $19,195 for females. The per capita income for the township was $22,945. About 2.2% of families and 11.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32.4% of those under age 18 and 3.4% of those age 65 or over.

School districts

 * Bond County Community Unit School District 2
 * Carlyle Community Unit School District 1
 * Mulberry Grove Community Unit School District 1

Political districts

 * Illinois' 19th congressional district
 * State House District 102
 * State Senate District 51