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New Salem, IL

93 Population
1 square miles 88.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pike County: 43 ±1.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,031 ±$32,689 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pike County: $32,134 ±$1,509
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,875 ±$44,328 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pike County: $59,777 ±$3,316
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.7% ±19.8% (23  ±21) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pike County: 14.9% † 2,083 (±3.1% / ±437)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.3 minutes ±19.6 (765  ±473) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pike County: 23.4 144,335 (±1.7 / ±11,817)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

47 ±20 Number of households
  • Pike County: 5,965 ±165
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.2 (93  ±41) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pike County: 2.4 14,126 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • 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

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

61 ±25 Number of housing units
  • Pike County: 7,273 ±51
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$84,000 ±$31,925 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pike County: $101,400 ±$8,247
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.4% ±24.7% (5  ±23.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pike County: 8.8% † 1,256 (±2% / ±280.9)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.7% ±48.9% (59  ±38.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pike County: 91.4% 9,289 (±4.1% / ±421.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.8% ±53.1% (15  ±33.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pike County: 18.5% † 1,880 (±2% / ±204.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about two-thirds 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

N/A Foreign-born population

9.2% ±8.5% (6  ±6) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pike County: 8.1% † 905 (±1.2% / ±134)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
6 Total veterans ±6 6 Male ±6 N/A Female ±13

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