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DeKalb, IL

40,443 Population
17.5 square miles 2,308.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.1 ±1 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,086 ±$1,838 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $49,513 ±$260
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,481 ±$3,596 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $90,887 ±$454
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.9% ±4% (8,944  ±1,441) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.2% 1,032,570 (±0.2% / ±15,833)
  • 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)

23.8 minutes ±2.7 (445,230  ±54,508) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.3 115,653,336 (±0.1 / ±501,154)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

16,388 ±497 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,643,783 ±5,293
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (36,027  ±251) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.5 9,219,341
  • 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

3% ±1.2% (391  ±159) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.8% 108,184 (±0.1% / ±3,055)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

17,395 ±433 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,900,420 ±495
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$204,700 ±$9,840 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $323,000 ±$1,010
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

25.8% ±2.9% (10,337  ±1,180.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 10.9% 1,009,281 (±0.1% / ±13,353.6)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.1% ±4.3% (18,322  ±1,107.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.8% 5,823,631 (±0.3% / ±20,216.6)
  • a little less than 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)
33.7% ±3.3% (7,016  ±718.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 41.6% 2,696,647 (±0.2% / ±12,947.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • a little less than 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

9.1% ±1.6% (3,692  ±637) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.6% 1,744,561
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.2% ±1% (1,369  ±337) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3.9% 282,963 (±0.1% / ±4,136)
  • 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)
1,369 Total veterans ±337 1,129 Male ±282 240 Female ±159

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