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Dwight, IL

3,794 Population
3.9 square miles 981.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 41.9 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,864 ±$7,336 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: $36,002 ±$1,778
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$67,712 ±$6,498 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: $70,796 ±$3,681
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

14.3% ±5.6% (528  ±213) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 10.1% † 3,380 (±1.4% / ±463)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

29.5 minutes ±5.4 (56,225  ±12,716) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 22.3 337,920 (±1.6 / ±27,094)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

1,557 ±193 Number of households
  • the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 14,614 ±277
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.3 ±0.4 (3,631  ±342) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 2.3 33,638 (±0 / ±88)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

6% ±5.5% (57  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 6.2% † 447 (±1.9% / ±138)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

1,679 ±190 Number of housing units
  • the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 15,930 ±54
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$143,200 ±$15,782 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: $131,500 ±$7,802
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

6.7% ±3% (251  ±113.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 9.8% † 3,443 (±1.6% / ±579.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

91.6% ±1.6% (2,336  ±285.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 90.3% 22,724 (±3.2% / ±807.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
20.6% ±4.4% (526  ±129.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 18.5% 4,649 (±1.7% / ±431.9)
  • 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

3.2% ±2.2% (122  ±85) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 2% 706
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

6.1% ±2.5% (181  ±75) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 7.5% † 2,083 (±0.9% / ±259)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
181 Total veterans ±75 171 Male ±73 10 Female ±13

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