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Streator, IL

12,274 Population
7.3 square miles 1,677.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 42.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,820 ±$2,861 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: $37,828 ±$880
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$54,953 ±$8,298 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: $70,941 ±$1,750
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

20.6% ±4.8% (2,495  ±583) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 13.1% 18,876 (±0.8% / ±1,181)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

27.7 minutes ±4.9 (140,505  ±28,138) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 24.9 1,642,700 (±0.7 / ±55,935)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

5,655 ±364 Number of households
  • the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 61,576 ±617
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.1 ±0.2 (12,076  ±472) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 2.3 144,125 (±0 / ±94)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

11.8% ±5% (322  ±141) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 6.4% † 1,913 (±0.9% / ±266)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

6,277 ±388 Number of housing units
  • the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 68,553 ±83
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$88,000 ±$6,206 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: $148,600 ±$3,153
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

10.6% ±2.7% (1,279  ±329.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 10% 14,610 (±0.8% / ±1,147.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

88.1% ±5.9% (7,602  ±642.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 91.4% 95,883 (±1.6% / ±1,714)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
12.3% ±3.2% (1,063  ±282.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 19.6% 20,542 (±0.8% / ±803.4)
  • 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

4.2% ±2.3% (512  ±282) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 3.5% 5,181
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

7.7% ±1.8% (753  ±179) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Ottawa, IL Micro Area: 7.5% 8,688 (±0.4% / ±483)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
753 Total veterans ±179 707 Male ±174 46 Female ±49

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