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DeKalb County, IL

100,288 Population
631.3 square miles 158.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39.5 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,533 ±$1,847 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $45,043 ±$388
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$67,697 ±$4,276 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $80,306 ±$635
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12.8% ±3% (12,140  ±2,853) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.6% 1,426,517 (±0.3% / ±30,335)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

26.7 minutes ±1.1 (1,251,890  ±61,209) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

40,202 ±856 Number of households
  • Illinois: 5,071,288 ±14,337
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0.1 (94,948  ±191) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.4 12,271,503
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.8% ±3.1% (1,252  ±822) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 141,318 (±0.2% / ±5,490)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

41,856 ±90 Number of housing units
  • Illinois: 5,470,727 ±527
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$244,000 ±$14,125 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$1,622
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

16.8% ±3.2% (16,688  ±3,179) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 10.8% 1,344,235 (±0.3% / ±31,091.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

91.5% ±5.6% (55,630  ±3,520.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.6% 7,888,008 (±0.5% / ±44,765.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
30.6% ±3.3% (18,609  ±2,002) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 38.3% 3,334,374 (±0.3% / ±28,654.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

6.5% (6,551  ±1,487) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 15% 1,878,890
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.4% ±0.9% (3,441  ±739) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.7% 459,569 (±0.1% / ±11,336)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
3,441 Total veterans ±739 2,995 Male ±639 446 Female ±339

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