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Palestine, IL

1,430 Population
0.8 square miles 1,811.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.6 ±5.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Crawford County: 42.6 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,121 ±$3,600 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Crawford County: $36,486 ±$2,151
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,850 ±$11,693 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Crawford County: $71,674 ±$4,697
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15% ±6% (211  ±88) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Crawford County: 12.1% † 2,073 (±2.5% / ±431)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.8 minutes ±4.5 (16,345  ±4,299) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Crawford County: 18.1 † 139,835 (±1.8 / ±15,059)
  • 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

625 ±91 Number of households
  • Crawford County: 7,492 ±180
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.5 (1,430  ±190) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Crawford County: 2.3 17,216 (±0.1 / ±44)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.1% ±1.4% (3  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Crawford County: 3.2% † 111 (±1.6% / ±57)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

679 ±86 Number of housing units
  • Crawford County: 8,457 ±76
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$81,300 ±$13,644 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Crawford County: $121,100 ±$11,622
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.6% ±7.4% (237  ±110.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Crawford County: 11.6% † 2,140 (±2% / ±366.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.2% ±5.1% (962  ±138) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Crawford County: 90.5% 12,119 (±4.6% / ±624.8)
  • about the same as 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)
12% ±4.7% (125  ±52.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Crawford County: 20.6% † 2,757 (±2.2% / ±299.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about one-third 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

0.4% ±0.8% (5  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Crawford County: 1.2% 219
  • 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

9.1% ±3% (101  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Crawford County: 7.9% † 1,170 (±1.3% / ±185)
  • 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)
101 Total veterans ±36 78 Male ±31 23 Female ±20

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