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McLeansboro, IL

2,675 Population
2.7 square miles 974.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±5.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Hamilton County: 43.9 ±1.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,952 ±$4,270 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Hamilton County: $39,790 † ±$6,942
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,422 ±$7,114 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hamilton County: $65,746 ±$6,413
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.3% ±7.8% (581  ±211) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Hamilton County: 12.1% † 948 (±3.6% / ±285)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.6 minutes ±5.3 (30,515  ±7,634) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Hamilton County: 26.8 89,110 (±2 / ±8,889)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,274 ±146 Number of households
  • Hamilton County: 3,387 ±138
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.3 (2,577  ±268) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hamilton County: 2.3 7,797 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.5% ±8.8% (55  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hamilton County: 8.8% † 138 (±4.5% / ±71)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,384 ±132 Number of housing units
  • Hamilton County: 3,803 ±18
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$79,500 ±$22,798 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hamilton County: $113,700 † ±$12,488
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.3% ±6.9% (354  ±187.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hamilton County: 7.5% † 588 (±2.6% / ±201)
  • about 20 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

90.1% ±10.6% (1,681  ±264.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hamilton County: 91.7% 5,149 (±7.3% / ±407.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20% ±6.8% (373  ±132.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Hamilton County: 21% † 1,181 (±3.7% / ±209.2)
  • about half 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

0.3% ±0.8% (8  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hamilton County: 0.5% 39
  • 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

8.7% ±4.9% (185  ±106) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hamilton County: 7.7% † 478 (±2.1% / ±131)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
185 Total veterans ±106 185 Male ±106 N/A Female ±13

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