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DeKalb, IL

40,464 Population
17.3 square miles 2,334.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,180 ±$1,698 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $48,107 ±$228
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$46,564 ±$3,476 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $88,850 ±$436
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

25.7% ±4% (9,362  ±1,455) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.1% 1,021,163 (±0.2% / ±15,430)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

23 minutes ±2.5 (432,405  ±52,370) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.7 119,705,344 (±0.1 / ±621,476)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

16,015 ±522 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,615,628 ±5,264
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.3 ±0.1 (36,447  ±279) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.6 9,211,705
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

3.3% ±1.6% (410  ±196) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.9% 110,497 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

17,003 ±482 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,886,535 ±487
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$202,900 ±$9,460 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $301,900 ±$1,331
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

25.6% ±3.2% (10,255  ±1,292.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.3% 1,041,799 (±0.2% / ±14,237.1)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

89.6% ±4.6% (18,339  ±1,128.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.7% 5,783,224 (±0.3% / ±19,540.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
35.7% ±3.2% (7,308  ±695.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 40.9% 2,636,743 (±0.2% / ±12,175.1)
  • a little less than 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

9.1% ±1.3% (3,665  ±523) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.3% 1,710,628
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

4% ±1.2% (1,310  ±379) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4% 292,113 (±0.1% / ±4,373)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
1,310 Total veterans ±379 1,041 Male ±292 269 Female ±153

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