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Essex, IL

956 Population
2.3 square miles 410.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.6 ±9.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 39 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,264 ±$10,183 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: $35,005 ±$1,012
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$101,094 ±$21,977 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: $68,325 ±$2,842
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

4.8% ±3.8% (45  ±38) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 12.6% 12,883 (±1% / ±1,053)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

30.7 minutes ±2.1 (10,960  ±4,170) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 24.9 1,127,085 (±0.9 / ±49,340)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

321 ±72 Number of households
  • the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 40,895 ±380
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
3 ±0.5 (956  ±265) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 2.5 102,078 (±0 / ±105)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

5.7% ±5.2% (14  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 5.5% † 1,336 (±1% / ±248)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

351 ±73 Number of housing units
  • the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 45,396 ±106
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$219,000 ±$23,572 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: $185,700 ±$4,393
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

4.5% ±3.3% (43  ±33.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 7.9% † 8,329 (±0.8% / ±855.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

95.4% ±27.5% (560  ±105.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 91% 65,315 (±2.3% / ±1,663.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
21.8% ±9.1% (128  ±60) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 20.4% 14,636 (±1.1% / ±816.9)
  • about three-fifths of 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

N/A Foreign-born population

2.3% ±1% (14  ±7) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 7% † 5,741 (±0.7% / ±587)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
14 Total veterans ±7 13 Male ±7 1 Female ±3

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