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Jacksonville, IL

18,014 Population
10.6 square miles 1,705.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 41.9 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,994 ±$2,607 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: $36,050 ±$1,604
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,432 ±$8,567 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: $66,353 ±$2,877
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.5% ±3.8% (2,930  ±603) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 13.2% † 4,701 (±1.7% / ±606)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16 minutes ±2.6 (114,170  ±20,591) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 19.4 293,480 (±1.2 / ±22,421)
  • about three-fifths of 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

6,745 ±277 Number of households
  • the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 15,122 ±328
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (15,637  ±87) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 2.4 35,531 (±0.1 / ±85)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3% ±2% (127  ±85) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 3.4% † 268 (±1.3% / ±99)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,847 ±247 Number of housing units
  • the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 17,400 ±53
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$128,200 ±$11,736 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: $125,500 ±$6,058
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.9% ±2.6% (2,502  ±464.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 8.9% † 3,359 (±1.3% / ±506.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87% ±6.2% (10,697  ±808.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 89.9% 23,757 (±3.5% / ±938.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.6% ±3% (2,780  ±373.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 22.5% 5,936 (±1.7% / ±441.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about three-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

1.2% ±0.6% (216  ±104) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 1% 391
  • 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

6.3% ±1.4% (951  ±216) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Jacksonville, IL Micro Area: 7.7% † 2,363 (±0.8% / ±241)
  • 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)
951 Total veterans ±216 900 Male ±216 51 Female ±53

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