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Charleston, IL

17,212 Population
8.9 square miles 1,936.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.8 ±1.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: 38.2 ±0.7
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,375 ±$2,857 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: $33,965 ±$1,977
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$49,057 ±$2,907 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: $56,040 ±$3,322
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

25.3% ±3.6% (3,654  ±536) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: 18.4% † 7,950 (±2.1% / ±915)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

15.1 minutes ±1.6 (122,840  ±15,780) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: 18.2 374,160 (±0.9 / ±22,205)
  • about half the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

7,352 ±333 Number of households
  • the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: 20,335 ±394
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
1.9 ±0.1 (14,219  ±429) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: 2.1 43,208 (±0 / ±69)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

4.9% ±2.8% (258  ±148) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: 4.9% † 565 (±1.7% / ±196)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

8,411 ±367 Number of housing units
  • the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: 22,717 ±50
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$133,700 ±$9,772 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: $121,900 ±$6,560
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

24.9% ±3.7% (4,239  ±628.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: 16.6% † 7,653 (±2.1% / ±952.4)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

92.4% ±5.8% (8,792  ±697.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: 91.5% 27,724 (±3.5% / ±1,083.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
34.2% ±4.3% (3,251  ±436.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: 27.1% 8,225 (±2% / ±599.1)
  • about 90 percent of 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

4.1% ±1.2% (706  ±211) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: 2.4% 1,117
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

4.9% ±1.2% (736  ±188) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: 6.6% † 2,522 (±0.7% / ±275)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
736 Total veterans ±188 711 Male ±190 25 Female ±24

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