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Decatur township, Macon County, IL

46,968 Population
29.1 square miles 1,615.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Macon County: 40.9 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,369 ±$1,404 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Macon County: $35,850 ±$1,040
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$47,734 ±$2,180 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Macon County: $62,449 ±$2,164
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

23.5% ±2.2% (10,531  ±978) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Macon County: 14.7% 14,562 (±1.2% / ±1,185)
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

16.8 minutes ±1.1 (290,105  ±23,262) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Macon County: 18.9 752,830 (±0.7 / ±34,912)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

20,241 ±594 Number of households
  • Macon County: 43,334 ±542
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.2 ±0.1 (44,720  ±62) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Macon County: 2.3 99,432 (±0 / ±38)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

11.1% ±2.7% (1,248  ±306) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Macon County: 9.3% † 2,088 (±1.7% / ±382)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

24,505 ±435 Number of housing units
  • Macon County: 49,699 ±77
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$82,300 ±$4,574 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Macon County: $121,800 ±$3,571
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

14.4% ±1.6% (6,654  ±736.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Macon County: 13.1% † 13,247 (±1.5% / ±1,502.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

91.3% ±2.8% (28,766  ±1,035.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Macon County: 93.1% 65,811 (±2.3% / ±1,615.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
19.6% ±1.5% (6,163  ±488) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Macon County: 24.1% 17,064 (±1.3% / ±884.1)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

2.6% ±0.7% (1,211  ±303) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Macon County: 2.8% 2,831
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

7% ±0.9% (2,538  ±343) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Macon County: 7.1% 5,623 (±0.6% / ±477)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
2,538 Total veterans ±343 2,342 Male ±318 196 Female ±86

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