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Centralia, IL

12,009 Population
8.2 square miles 1,464.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 41.3 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,698 ±$2,210 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: $32,199 ±$1,233
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$47,308 ±$3,837 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: $60,839 ±$2,138
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

22.6% ±5.2% (2,590  ±593) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 16.2% † 5,841 (±1.9% / ±676)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

19.5 minutes ±2.9 (81,730  ±13,635) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 20.4 311,125 (±0.9 / ±18,300)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

5,232 ±259 Number of households
  • the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 15,465 ±258
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.2 ±0.1 (11,507  ±171) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 2.4 36,446 (±0 / ±66)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

5.1% ±3% (124  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 6% † 465 (±1.5% / ±116)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

5,949 ±256 Number of housing units
  • the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 17,379 ±58
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$81,600 ±$6,949 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: $100,100 ±$4,848
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

12.2% ±2.5% (1,449  ±302.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 12.3% † 4,532 (±1.6% / ±577.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

89% ±4.7% (7,249  ±486.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 90.3% 23,346 (±3% / ±776.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
17.8% ±2.5% (1,447  ±212.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 17.3% 4,468 (±1.3% / ±347.9)
  • 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

3.3% ±1% (392  ±118) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 1.5% 549
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

8% ±1.6% (738  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 8.4% † 2,404 (±0.9% / ±260)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
738 Total veterans ±148 705 Male ±150 33 Female ±23

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