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Charleston, IL

17,062 Population
9.1 square miles 1,879.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.6 ±2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: 37.5 ±0.6
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,560 ±$2,841 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: $33,885 ±$1,887
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,300 ±$5,782 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: $56,478 ±$3,441
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.3% ±3.6% (3,676  ±539) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: 18.7% † 8,056 (±2.2% / ±959)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.2 minutes ±1.7 (119,230  ±16,327) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: 18.2 363,985 (±1.2 / ±27,628)
  • about half the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,447 ±331 Number of households
  • the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: 20,824 ±326
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0 (13,742  ±619) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: 2.1 42,965 (±0 / ±94)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4% ±2.7% (219  ±146) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: 4.9% † 571 (±1.7% / ±200)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,181 ±344 Number of housing units
  • the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: 22,681 ±65
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$137,400 ±$8,374 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: $127,400 ±$7,333
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.9% ±3.2% (3,695  ±564.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: 16.5% † 7,610 (±2.1% / ±977)
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.5% ±5.3% (8,904  ±719.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: 91.1% 27,607 (±3.7% / ±1,121.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
33.3% ±4.3% (3,175  ±445.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: 26.9% 8,153 (±2% / ±605.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about 90 percent of 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

4% ±1.3% (681  ±215) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: 2.8% 1,298
  • 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

4.4% ±1% (658  ±156) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Charleston-Mattoon, IL Micro Area: 5.7% † 2,171 (±0.7% / ±264)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
658 Total veterans ±156 638 Male ±154 20 Female ±19

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