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Centralia, IL

11,856 Population
8.2 square miles 1,445.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 41.5 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,963 ±$1,759 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: $32,825 ±$1,242
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,807 ±$2,940 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: $61,240 ±$3,240
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.3% ±4.3% (2,756  ±493) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 15.4% † 5,542 (±1.8% / ±665)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19 minutes ±3 (74,915  ±13,178) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 21.1 324,200 (±0.9 / ±18,073)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,094 ±250 Number of households
  • the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 15,512 ±253
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (11,265  ±179) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 2.3 36,111 (±0 / ±68)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.3% ±3% (124  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 6.9% † 527 (±1.8% / ±137)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,713 ±244 Number of housing units
  • the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 17,334 ±113
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$89,600 ±$10,572 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: $103,000 ±$5,381
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.9% ±3.1% (1,282  ±362.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 10.3% † 3,753 (±1.5% / ±551)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.4% ±5.3% (7,117  ±517.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 90.7% 23,316 (±3% / ±765.3)
  • 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)
16.4% ±2.7% (1,303  ±221.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 16.8% 4,308 (±1.4% / ±350.1)
  • about two-fifths of 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

3.4% ±1.1% (398  ±131) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 1.5% 551
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±1.7% (585  ±151) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Centralia, IL Micro Area: 7.8% † 2,199 (±0.9% / ±245)
  • 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)
585 Total veterans ±151 570 Male ±148 15 Female ±17

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