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Rantoul, IL

12,515 Population
8.5 square miles 1,474 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: 32.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,865 ±$2,281 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: $37,537 ±$765
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$49,821 ±$3,853 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: $64,558 ±$1,460
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

18.7% ±5.6% (2,300  ±695) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: 16.8% 37,128 (±1.1% / ±2,328)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

19.2 minutes ±0.4 (84,970  ±10,824) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: 18.2 1,794,140 (±0.3 / ±47,957)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

5,086 ±397 Number of households
  • the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: 96,356 ±1,034
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.4 ±0.2 (12,320  ±299) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: 2.3 221,379 (±0 / ±337)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

6.3% ±4% (188  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: 4.1% † 2,633 (±0.6% / ±382)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

5,829 ±440 Number of housing units
  • the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: 107,994 ±178
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$109,200 ±$7,618 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: $194,400 ±$4,494
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

11% ±4% (1,342  ±491.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: 18% 42,125 (±1% / ±2,280.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

90.6% ±8% (6,983  ±733.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: 95% 134,642 (±1.9% / ±2,644.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
11.9% ±3.2% (916  ±253.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: 43.6% 61,716 (±1.3% / ±1,765.6)
  • about one-third 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

9.4% ±3.5% (1,174  ±443) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: 12% 28,326
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

6.5% ±2% (573  ±182) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Champaign-Urbana, IL Metro Area: 4.7% 8,852 (±0.3% / ±558)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
573 Total veterans ±182 503 Male ±182 70 Female ±44

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