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Jacksonville, IL

17,490 Population
10.6 square miles 1,655.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 42 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,535 ±$3,001 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: $35,927 ±$1,726
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$62,615 ±$7,246 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: $66,168 ±$3,866
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

16.6% ±3.2% (2,542  ±488) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 12.2% † 4,315 (±1.5% / ±542)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

16 minutes ±2 (107,640  ±15,967) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 19.9 298,360 (±1.1 / ±20,236)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

6,721 ±290 Number of households
  • the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 15,157 ±286
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.3 ±0.1 (15,129  ±81) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 2.3 35,059 (±0 / ±80)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

6.3% ±2.9% (246  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 5.3% † 399 (±1.7% / ±130)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

7,828 ±208 Number of housing units
  • the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 17,426 ±53
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$128,300 ±$12,220 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: $124,100 ±$5,420
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

14.4% ±2.4% (2,501  ±417.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 10.4% † 3,891 (±1.5% / ±540.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

88.1% ±5.6% (10,743  ±732.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 90.1% 23,849 (±3.3% / ±886.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
23.6% ±2.8% (2,878  ±348.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 23.1% 6,122 (±1.7% / ±459.8)
  • 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

1.3% ±0.7% (218  ±116) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 1% 371
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

7% ±1.5% (1,017  ±215) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 8% † 2,409 (±0.9% / ±261)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
1,017 Total veterans ±215 992 Male ±214 25 Female ±30

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