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Forsyth, IL

3,656 Population
3.1 square miles 1,180.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±2.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: 40.9 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$61,549 ±$13,977 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: $35,850 ±$1,040
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$113,456 ±$16,164 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: $62,449 ±$2,164
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

10.7% ±10.4% (387  ±377) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: 14.7% 14,562 (±1.2% / ±1,185)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

17.4 minutes ±1.2 (23,590  ±4,813) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: 18.9 752,830 (±0.7 / ±34,912)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

1,346 ±139 Number of households
  • the Decatur, IL Metro Area: 43,334 ±542
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.7 ±0.4 (3,617  ±348) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: 2.3 99,432 (±0 / ±38)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

10.8% ±7.9% (66  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: 9.3% † 2,088 (±1.7% / ±382)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

1,346 ±139 Number of housing units
  • the Decatur, IL Metro Area: 49,699 ±77
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$289,800 ±$23,452 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: $121,800 ±$3,571
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

8% ±4.4% (288  ±159.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: 13.1% † 13,247 (±1.5% / ±1,502.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

97.4% ±6.5% (2,405  ±283.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: 93.1% 65,811 (±2.3% / ±1,615.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
58.7% ±6.7% (1,450  ±217.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: 24.1% 17,064 (±1.3% / ±884.1)
  • about 1.5 times 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

6.5% ±2.4% (239  ±91) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: 2.8% 2,831
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

6.5% ±3.2% (172  ±87) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: 7.1% 5,623 (±0.6% / ±477)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
172 Total veterans ±87 172 Male ±87 N/A Female ±12

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