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Dixon, IL

15,166 Population
8.5 square miles 1,788.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Dixon, IL Micro Area: 43 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,610 ±$2,351 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Dixon, IL Micro Area: $35,065 ±$1,888
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$58,371 ±$2,842 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Dixon, IL Micro Area: $68,459 ±$3,601
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

17.9% ±3.4% (2,267  ±444) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Dixon, IL Micro Area: 11.7% † 3,676 (±1.8% / ±560)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

19.8 minutes ±2.5 (113,780  ±16,408) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Dixon, IL Micro Area: 24.4 347,400 (±1.7 / ±28,405)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

5,808 ±271 Number of households
  • the Dixon, IL Micro Area: 13,382 ±267
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.2 ±0.1 (12,559  ±463) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dixon, IL Micro Area: 2.3 31,217 (±0.1 / ±155)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

3.5% ±2.1% (98  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Dixon, IL Micro Area: 6.3% † 399 (±2.2% / ±140)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

6,359 ±327 Number of housing units
  • the Dixon, IL Micro Area: 14,993 ±73
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$113,300 ±$8,214 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Dixon, IL Micro Area: $155,100 ±$8,765
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

12.2% ±2.6% (1,845  ±402.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Dixon, IL Micro Area: 9.8% † 3,319 (±1.4% / ±480.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

87.2% ±5.1% (9,982  ±678.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Dixon, IL Micro Area: 90.5% 22,643 (±3.5% / ±875.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
17.2% ±2.5% (1,968  ±299.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dixon, IL Micro Area: 19.4% 4,843 (±1.7% / ±426.6)
  • about half 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

3.4% ±1% (513  ±159) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Dixon, IL Micro Area: 2.3% 787
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

5.5% ±1.2% (679  ±154) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dixon, IL Micro Area: 6.9% † 1,871 (±0.8% / ±208)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
679 Total veterans ±154 645 Male ±161 34 Female ±40

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