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Petersburg, IL

2,590 Population
1.6 square miles 1,658 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±4.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,332 ±$13,086 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: $42,795 ±$839
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$59,850 ±$18,754 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: $74,580 ±$1,630
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

15.5% ±4.2% (396  ±119) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 12.7% 25,876 (±0.9% / ±1,740)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

22.6 minutes ±6.1 (28,310  ±5,191) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 19.9 1,691,685 (±0.5 / ±50,659)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

1,247 ±136 Number of households
  • the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 89,485 ±803
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.1 ±0.2 (2,569  ±339) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 2.3 203,442 (±0 / ±158)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

3.6% ±2.6% (29  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 5.7% † 2,660 (±1% / ±475)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

1,311 ±137 Number of housing units
  • the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 98,753 ±281
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$174,800 ±$21,515 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: $171,100 ±$3,140
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

14.4% ±6.8% (371  ±182.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 11.4% 23,282 (±0.9% / ±1,755.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

91.5% ±7.4% (1,639  ±231.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 93.7% 136,261 (±1.6% / ±2,379.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
29.7% ±7.4% (531  ±146.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 34.6% 50,308 (±1% / ±1,410.5)
  • about 80 percent 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

0.4% ±0.6% (10  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 3.2% 6,599
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

5.8% ±1.9% (120  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Springfield, IL Metro Area: 7.2% 11,557 (±0.4% / ±654)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
120 Total veterans ±42 105 Male ±39 15 Female ±16

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