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Effingham, IL

12,342 Population
10.8 square miles 1,143.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±2.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 40.7 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,328 ±$3,080 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: $39,201 ±$1,304
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,377 ±$12,166 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: $79,157 ±$3,684
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.6% ±5.3% (1,746  ±637) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 9.9% † 4,367 (±1.8% / ±790)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.3 minutes ±0.7 (72,450  ±7,635) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 19.4 389,355 (±0.7 / ±20,377)
  • about half the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,423 ±283 Number of households
  • the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 18,128 ±298
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (11,948  ±432) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 2.4 44,241 (±0 / ±32)
  • 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

6.4% ±3.9% (172  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 6.4% † 591 (±1.7% / ±156)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,892 ±257 Number of housing units
  • the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 20,139 ±45
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$177,500 ±$16,109 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: $172,400 ±$6,235
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.8% ±3% (1,194  ±366.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 7.8% † 3,455 (±1.2% / ±513.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.3% ±5.6% (7,970  ±567.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 93.3% 29,045 (±3% / ±938.4)
  • 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)
29.2% ±3.8% (2,491  ±339.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 25.2% 7,837 (±1.6% / ±496.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about 80 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

3.1% ±1.2% (387  ±148) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 1.3% 581
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.9% ±1.2% (479  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Effingham, IL Micro Area: 6.8% 2,334 (±0.6% / ±220)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
479 Total veterans ±118 422 Male ±104 57 Female ±44

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