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Macon, IL

1,035 Population
1.3 square miles 816.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±8.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: 40.9 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,062 ±$5,187 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: $35,850 ±$1,040
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$74,063 ±$20,634 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: $62,449 ±$2,164
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

5.7% ±3.6% (59  ±39) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: 14.7% 14,562 (±1.2% / ±1,185)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

29.5 minutes ±6.4 (13,605  ±4,444) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: 18.9 752,830 (±0.7 / ±34,912)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

443 ±63 Number of households
  • the Decatur, IL Metro Area: 43,334 ±542
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.3 ±0.2 (1,035  ±179) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: 2.3 99,432 (±0 / ±38)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

18.2% ±14.3% (36  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: 9.3% † 2,088 (±1.7% / ±382)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

498 ±66 Number of housing units
  • the Decatur, IL Metro Area: 49,699 ±77
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$109,500 ±$8,733 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: $121,800 ±$3,571
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

5% ±3% (51  ±31.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: 13.1% † 13,247 (±1.5% / ±1,502.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

94.8% ±18.6% (742  ±100.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: 93.1% 65,811 (±2.3% / ±1,615.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
11.6% ±4.8% (91  ±39.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: 24.1% 17,064 (±1.3% / ±884.1)
  • about one-third 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

0.7% ±1.3% (7  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: 2.8% 2,831
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

5.8% ±2.4% (48  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Decatur, IL Metro Area: 7.1% 5,623 (±0.6% / ±477)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
48 Total veterans ±21 48 Male ±21 N/A Female ±12

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