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Mattoon township, Coles County, IL

14,496 Population
36.2 square miles 400.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Coles County: 37.5 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,899 ±$4,112 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Coles County: $33,885 ±$1,887
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,811 ±$5,974 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Coles County: $56,478 ±$3,441
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.1% ±4.7% (2,838  ±668) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Coles County: 18.7% † 8,056 (±2.2% / ±959)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.5 minutes ±1.9 (101,395  ±13,737) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Coles County: 18.2 363,985 (±1.2 / ±27,628)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,999 ±245 Number of households
  • Coles County: 20,824 ±326
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (14,194  ±39) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Coles County: 2.1 42,965 (±0 / ±94)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.7% ±3.7% (181  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Coles County: 4.9% † 571 (±1.7% / ±200)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,629 ±300 Number of housing units
  • Coles County: 22,681 ±65
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$96,400 ±$7,361 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Coles County: $127,400 ±$7,333
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.6% ±4.5% (2,239  ±647.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Coles County: 16.5% † 7,610 (±2.1% / ±977)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.4% ±5.7% (9,126  ±676.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Coles County: 91.1% 27,607 (±3.7% / ±1,121.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.2% ±3.1% (1,958  ±321.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Coles County: 26.9% 8,153 (±2% / ±605.2)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.9% ±1.5% (269  ±221) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Coles County: 2.8% 1,298
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±1.9% (752  ±216) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Coles County: 5.7% † 2,171 (±0.7% / ±264)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
752 Total veterans ±216 702 Male ±207 50 Female ±32

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