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Homer, IL

1,245 Population
1 square miles 1,270.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±8.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: 32 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$57,648 ±$25,431 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: $38,775 ±$934
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$85,875 ±$21,779 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: $65,528 ±$1,747
  • a little higher than the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11% ±7.3% (133  ±93) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: 17.7% 39,533 (±1.1% / ±2,357)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.1 minutes ±3.5 (15,295  ±4,805) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: 17.9 1,741,240 (±0.3 / ±49,109)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

485 ±100 Number of households
  • the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: 98,224 ±878
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (1,245  ±260) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: 2.3 223,259 (±0 / ±367)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.7% ±6.5% (31  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: 3.7% † 2,379 (±0.5% / ±317)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

525 ±101 Number of housing units
  • the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: 108,790 ±182
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$146,200 ±$22,614 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: $201,700 ±$4,138
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.6% ±1.8% (43  ±23) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: 17.3% 40,739 (±0.9% / ±2,148.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94% ±22.4% (737  ±121.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: 95% 135,336 (±1.9% / ±2,718.6)
  • 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)
14.5% ±5.1% (114  ±44.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: 43.3% 61,682 (±1.3% / ±1,850.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about two-fifths 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

0.6% ±0.6% (8  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: 12.7% 30,293
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±4.6% (59  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: 4.7% 8,916 (±0.4% / ±698)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
59 Total veterans ±45 53 Male ±43 6 Female ±7

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