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Lena, IL

2,778 Population
2.7 square miles 1,047.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±7.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 45.2 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,319 ±$6,272 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: $34,672 ±$1,017
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$76,076 ±$8,999 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: $61,943 ±$3,064
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

3.3% ±1.6% (89  ±45) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 13.1% † 5,683 (±1.9% / ±818)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

28 minutes ±5.2 (35,480  ±8,351) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 20.9 380,690 (±1 / ±23,479)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

1,179 ±114 Number of households
  • the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 19,469 ±280
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.3 ±0.3 (2,714  ±189) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 2.2 43,288 (±0 / ±20)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

5.9% ±5.5% (33  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 7.9% † 668 (±2.4% / ±201)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

1,250 ±140 Number of housing units
  • the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 21,375 ±78
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$154,000 ±$14,563 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: $127,500 ±$6,121
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

8.3% ±3.7% (229  ±103.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 11.1% † 4,838 (±1.7% / ±722.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

94.1% ±9% (1,879  ±239.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 91.5% 28,728 (±3.2% / ±997.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
27.7% ±6.2% (553  ±131.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 21.7% 6,825 (±1.6% / ±513.9)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.8% ±0.8% (23  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 2.4% 1,075
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

7.3% ±3.6% (151  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Freeport, IL Micro Area: 7% † 2,426 (±0.8% / ±289)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
151 Total veterans ±76 151 Male ±76 N/A Female ±12

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