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Polo, IL

2,495 Population
1.5 square miles 1,719 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±4.2 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: 42 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,178 ±$4,291 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: $38,251 ±$1,357
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$52,976 ±$15,717 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: $79,244 ±$3,185
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

21.2% ±11.4% (520  ±279) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: 8.9% † 4,541 (±1.4% / ±719)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

29 minutes ±5.3 (30,250  ±7,203) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: 26.8 601,800 (±1 / ±28,881)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

996 ±93 Number of households
  • the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: 20,695 ±320
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.5 ±0.3 (2,453  ±86) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: 2.5 50,981 (±0 / ±24)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

0.6% ±1% (3  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: 6.3% † 671 (±1.4% / ±153)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

1,154 ±116 Number of housing units
  • the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: 22,625 ±68
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$108,500 ±$13,966 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: $184,100 ±$6,164
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

9.2% ±3.5% (229  ±88.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: 8.5% † 4,312 (±1.2% / ±623)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

92.8% ±8.4% (1,553  ±183.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: 91% 32,718 (±3% / ±1,064.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
16.3% ±4.6% (272  ±80) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: 24% 8,640 (±1.6% / ±569.9)
  • about two-fifths 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

2.2% ±2.1% (55  ±53) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: 4.5% 2,334
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

11.4% ±4.7% (203  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: 9.2% † 3,663 (±0.9% / ±369)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
203 Total veterans ±84 186 Male ±79 17 Female ±23

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