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Normal, IL

53,569 Population
18.5 square miles 2,903.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25 ±0.7 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 34.3 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$36,168 ±$3,195 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: $43,372 ±$1,318
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
$64,785 ±$7,661 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: $79,905 ±$2,544
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362

21.4% ±2.1% (9,896  ±975) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 12.9% 20,899 (±0.9% / ±1,426)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)

16.5 minutes ±0.8 (379,845  ±25,464) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 18.3 1,295,840 (±0.4 / ±38,908)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)

Families

20,387 ±614 Number of households
  • the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 70,220 ±669
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
2.3 ±0.1 (46,357  ±591) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 2.3 162,271 (±0 / ±99)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980

2.6% ±0.9% (468  ±166) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 4.5% † 2,057 (±0.7% / ±303)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)

Housing

22,215 ±608 Number of housing units
  • the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 75,305 ±125
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471

$213,600 ±$6,512 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: $208,400 ±$3,688
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797

24.5% ±2.1% (13,011  ±1,102.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 14.9% 25,209 (±0.9% / ±1,518.1)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)

Social

97.6% ±3.8% (26,125  ±1,246.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 95.9% 101,857 (±2% / ±2,116.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
52.9% ±2.9% (14,172  ±875.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 47.2% 50,157 (±1.3% / ±1,399.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.1% ±1.8% (4,320  ±974) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 7.6% 13,043
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449

3.3% ±0.6% (1,487  ±263) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 5.3% 7,158 (±0.4% / ±540)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
1,487 Total veterans ±263 1,418 Male ±254 69 Female ±50

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