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Fairbury, IL

3,713 Population
1.8 square miles 2,017.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.5 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 41.8 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,941 ±$4,889 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: $37,327 ±$1,622
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,962 ±$14,527 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: $73,790 ±$4,066
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.1% ±2.1% (77  ±77) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 10.5% † 3,529 (±1.4% / ±455)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.1 minutes ±2.5 (22,530  ±4,751) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 21.6 328,345 (±1.2 / ±21,047)
  • about half the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,502 ±123 Number of households
  • the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 14,615 ±262
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (3,644  ±110) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 2.3 33,537 (±0 / ±112)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

15.4% ±11.2% (124  ±92) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 7.3% † 521 (±1.7% / ±124)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,615 ±152 Number of housing units
  • the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 15,930 ±57
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$162,200 ±$12,507 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: $142,200 ±$7,950
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15% ±8.2% (548  ±298.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 10.1% † 3,546 (±1.6% / ±544.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.8% ±10.7% (2,190  ±318) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 88.6% 22,262 (±3.2% / ±819)
  • about the same as 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)
29.3% ±7.7% (698  ±194) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 19% 4,774 (±1.6% / ±412.2)
  • 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

1.3% ±1.9% (48  ±71) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 2.4% 862
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.9% ±2.5% (128  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Pontiac, IL Micro Area: 7% † 1,940 (±1% / ±284)
  • 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)
128 Total veterans ±65 128 Male ±65 N/A Female ±13

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